Occupation: Film Director Birth: December 7, 1976
We've done things that are faster at times, but it's definitely different when we direct all the episodes because it's like we have to write them all….
I feel like, if I'm being honest with myself, my biggest skill set is as a writer 'cause I can do that quickly and I'm really grounded in story struc….
Making movies that are really cheap and that can be owned and that you maintain your control of is really exciting..
If we have anything to offer, as filmmakers and as TV makers now, it's this ability to feel as close to a documentary as you can get in a narrative f….
When you're writing a 25-minute episode that can be anything, sometimes you just start with a character, and you let them walk into the room. Then yo….
There's no excuse not to make films on weekends with friends..
I really like Jason Blum a lot. We're friends, and while we make wildly disparate films, we share a philosophy about low-budget filmmaking, about tak….
When you're improvising, it's fun to find something that you can lean on that is similar to your life experience. In my opinion, that's very helpful..
For us, performance is everything. If we can get great actors in there who like us, and we really like, we feel pretty confident that we can make a m….
I really believe in constantly trying to find and support new ways of watching independent art, because the old ways are not working as well..
I like being nostalgic and maybe crying a little bit..
I have family, I work with a lot of friends, but you'll never find me saying, "Hey, let's get a drink at 8:30 [pm].".
Somewhere in Time is in the top-five cheesiest movies ever made. Its super melodrama..
Well, I'll be honest with you, sometimes you don't know you're playing a moment that's going to be in a montage. Sometimes it's a scene that didn't w….
I'm interested to see what happens to Spike Lee with limited resources, you know? I love Spike Lee's movies. But you know what? I kinda liked his mov….
Jay [Duplass] and I normally just sit around and people watch, and we talk about things that are happening in our lives, or with people that we've me….
"Repulsion" for me was a really big movie where I was like, "OK, technically there's nothing scary going on here but I'm kind of terrified." Somethin….
I'm a narrative-minded actor. I'm thinking of the story. I'm not worried about whether the camera is on the right side of my face, or where the camer….
We get to get into the nitty-gritty and the minutiae of the way they relate now, and that's really valuable. We just have to make sure we don't repea….
I question every move. I'm constantly second-guessing myself..
Obviously we know Bill Hader is funny and charming, but my question is, can he do raw humanity and naturalism? I think so..