Innovation, sending civilians to outer space, mapping the mind, curing cancer - all these things, they're great. Obviously these same companies are a….

After that really, I spent the majority of the spring going to tons and tons of regional festivals throughout America. Every corner of the country, I….

By the time you arrive at Sundance as a filmmaker, you've been living with your film intimiately, and scrutinized every frame, and probably aren't ha….

I think now more than ever there's so much available honesty that you can find on the Internet. You can go on to YouTube and find really, really vuln….

Any work of art dignifies life..

I don't think in terms of what's going to be successful. I have plenty of friends who make very small movies and friends who make giant, $150 million….

What I think is great about Pippin, specifically, and I wouldn't make this generalization about all musicals, is that it is about how we tell stories….

I think the irony of modern life is that our data, our highly personal information, has been taken from us, but in many cases it was given away freel….

Making movies is really hard, and it can be humbling. And once you put them out into the world, you can't control how people will respond to it..

Blade Runner's just a noir at the end of the day. Rosemary's Baby is about the fear of having a child and how that gets in the way of a romantic rela….

Obviously, this isn't my normal life, traveling to cities and talking to journalists. It's fun. It's really fun. I get to stay in a cool hotel and ea….

We live in a time when there are tech companies that have an unprecedented accumulation of power, wealth, and information with basically no competiti….

And I was constantly trying to stay in body, so to speak. It feels very surreal, and I go away to a happy place where I'm there but not really there.….

I've heard a lot of variation of similar questions, but it's interesting to see the variations of audiences and how different people respond, so I th….

And that first screening was overwhelming. You were there. People applauded when the title card comes in; there's a big "gasp moment" partway through….

I cannot control what you bring into the theater when you see the film. I can't control what my parents bring in. I can't control what some random pe….

And don't rush to make movies. Movies should be made when they're absolutely ready. There's too many bad movies being made..

With Rodham, for instance, it has to work on an emotional level. It has to work on a character level. If it's only "Look, it has famous people," then….

A lot of things, whether it's Brexit, the U.S. election, things that are happening on Facebook Live, the way that Twitter in many cases was weaponize….

You just work really hard and scrutinize. What is it called in politics? "Opposition research"? You want to do the detective work on your client so t….

But you certainly don't have perspective. And there's so much pressure going into that opening night because you know there's journalists, tons of ac….