I've dreamed a lot, but i'm not a very good sleeper..

All these gadgets, the phone and the computer, they expose the inside of your brain in a way that's bad..

I would define myself as being naive and perverse at the same time. And I think that if that is consistent it will make the tone consistent..

In my opinion, it's more interesting to see magic happening in a world that feels grounded. If the world is already crazy, then anything can happen. ….

I shoot people in a way that makes the audience feel equal to them. And it's hard to express and it's hard to execute but I think it works on every l….

Orange is an underrated color, it's the second most underrated color after yellow..

I'm not against the technology at all, I just don't like to use it if it's just to mimic what you can do with traditional methods..

I kind of like the idea of taking a concept and going all the way with it, even if it's not completely plausible. It's something that I like about ma….

You need philosophy. It sounds a little pompous but I think when you direct a film, the only way to find a response to the questions you keep asking ….

Misinterpretation leads me to inspiration and creativity because I think my brain is trying to figure out some information that I'm confused about..

It's part of my job to maintain the emotional reality and the naturalism even when the atmosphere is contrived..

The beauty of doing film is that you construct whatever you do block by block and you can build something that will stay..

I don't mock things, which makes me more vulnerable to mockery myself. If you're cynical, you're protected from mockery. But I have to be nice. I don….

I want to explore new ideas and put myself in a place where I can finish a project that is more unusual or that doesn't seem doable..

I don't like to put people in a competition to defeat the other..

You don't watch home movie for the technique, you watch because it's reminiscing on good moments you spent with your friends. It reflects you. It bel….

Sometimes it's interesting to see something that you're not used to seeing, which is the main ingredient of life, and it's removed from the usual ent….

If you take a child from South Africa and you put them in Boston, they're going to speak with a Boston accent. And so, that's a way to see the world ….

I like to use a bit of chaos when I shoot. I think it may be something from the way I shot my first film - I was very scared, of course, and I prepar….

I like the days when all the filmmakers had was a film roll, a camera and a gangster. The Mack Sennett comedies were all like that. They'd create lit….

I'm just saying to everyone. The director does not direct the trailer. It's an edited version that takes so many moments of the movie, sometimes it's….