I think in regards to [Andy Hertzfeld ] relationship with Steve [Jobs]... Andy is a brilliant guy, and loves Steve with all his heart. I think he wou….

I wanted to be a cartoonist. I was one of those kids who sat around and drew in my room all the time..

The next film I have is called Miles Ahead, which is about Miles Davis, during a five-year period in his life during which he's struggling to figure ….

My mom and my dad are ebullient people, and I think I carry that with me..

Andy [Hertzfeld], just by nature, is one of these straight shooters. A very moral guy, kind of an open book. Along with being brilliant and one of th….

Film, for me, has been a process of learning on the job..

Things never go the way you expect them to. That's both the joy and frustration in life. I'm finding as I get older that I don't mind, though. It's t….

To see those two characters [Steve Jobs and Andy Hertzfeld ] juxtaposed against each other shows an interesting dynamic of how gifted people might fu….

I've found in my own life, if you try to struggle against what the universe is telling you, you set yourself up for more of a battle..

I had a great time working with Denis [Villeneuve] and the whole group. It was a very different kind of a part [in Story of Your Life] than I've play….

I've done a lot of theater work that has been quite diverse. I feel very fortunate to have had many different people think of me in many different wa….

I love a sense of humor, I love intelligence, I love specificity, I love surprises. I'm inspired to get out of bed in the morning and fill my day wit….

I love Seth Rogen's line in which he talks about how you can be both a genius and decent at the same time..

Most of the people in New York are very often from somewhere else..

It's nice to be able to challenge myself by playing real people. But at the same time it utilizes a different part of the brain to just invent new th….

I think Aaron [Sorkin] did a remarkable job of plucking Andy [Hertzfeld] out of [Steve] Jobs' story, to perhaps reflect back on Steve a sense of mayb….

I'm always trying to remember that kindness goes a long, long way. I think that's something that people will definitely take out of this film as well..

I have making a new film called Story of Your Life, directed by Denis Villeneuve, with Amy Adams and Jeremy Renner and Forest Whitaker. Which is abou….

I got to meet Andy [Hertzfeld], and he sort of opened his life to me. He showed me Palo Alto and we had food together and I met his wife and saw his ….

I was thrown into a community production of 'Bye Bye Birdie' or something when I was a kid. I wanted to just build the sets, but I wasn't allowed to ….

I was raised in a reform synagogue. I think we all bring with us a sense of when hard things happen to us, we find ourselves asking questions of why ….