When something is discovered by people in movie theaters, it's discovered by people who are all together, and there's a sort of feeling of an event about it. And when it's on video, it's like something is being discovered in the library or something. It's like having a second life in public libraries. It's just like individuals, and it's less of a... We can't participate in it the same way.

What happened to your hand? It got hit by a mirror. How'd that happen? I lost my temper at myself.

The movies I make tend not to be quite reality but the characters are inspired by real people and they're always very personal.

Some of the ideas are kind of inspired by the songs, and I always want to use music to tell the story and give the movie a certain kind of mood. That's always essential to me.

When you're doing a live-action movie, you have your day set up and you're going to do this shot and this shot, and eventually the sun is going to go down. It's a sequential race to whatever is going to end the day.

Sometimes if the people are up for trying something that I'm interested in, it can be a great experience.

Any romantic feelings for a 12-year-old are like entering into a fantasy world.