I chose philosophy because it sounded like something I ought to be interested in. I didn't know anything about it, I didn't even know what it was talking about. What I really spent my time doing in those years was writing short stories. There were all sorts of interesting courses, but what I really wanted to do was make stories one way or another.

I wouldn't say that I'm particularly bothered or obsessed with detail.

I don't think any of us are normal people.

I usually set aside a lot of time in advance of a movie with important roles for kids to search, but when you have great ones, they can be a real ace in the hole.

I didn't think so much of him at first. But now I get it: he's everything that I'm not.

I've never had a movie that got great reviews. I've had movies that got different levels of good and bad reviews, but you can more or less count on plenty of bad reviews.

Paris is a place where, for me, just walking down a street that I've never been down before is like going to a movie.