I'd like to make all different kinds of movies. I don't think it would make sense though for my second film to walk straight into a musical even thou….

The first time when you can really get a sense of what the movie is going to look and feel like is when you're in a casting room and seeing it..

I find music the the clearest and easiest way in to what a movie will feel like - more so than visual references or other movies or dense dossiers of….

I don't want to redo what I've [just done]. I don't want to retread old ground..

To see great actors bring it all to life us exhilerating.

You can have levity in the film because real people look for levity in their lives..

I love the casting process. It's a cliché but I think it's the most important part of the process. I really enjoy it too. I love putting that jigsaw ….