I don't like pretentious films or pretentious people.

When we do something we're not proud of, a lot of people don't want to look at that, people may say "what people don't know won't hurt them."

Wildlife was the only thing we've written together with Paul Dano. It's based on a book by this author Richard Ford, who just published a memoir about his family that's really wonderful. Paul fell in love with his book, and we optioned it ourselves, and he took a first pass at writing it. He asked me for notes, and then our note session devolved into an argument really quickly.

I think from my earliest childhood, I liked to tell stories, put on plays and write things. It's funny to think of it as an "artistic bug" because I didn't necessarily want to be an artist. It's just who I was and how I communicate.

On a personal level, just for me in my own work, I would say the most interesting thing has been getting to work with the people that I've worked with.

I just don't care that much about how famous I am. I care a lot about our world, and whether our planet will survive. It seems really low-stakes how many Twitter followers I have, in the grand scheme of things. In 80 years, who will care?

I've definitely gotten to work with female directors, and I feel lucky because of that. I just feel like more voices should be represented.