It's always really special to be at the New York Film Festival, and always a real privilege..

Wes Anderson grew up in Houston, and he and I talk about Manhattan in similar ways, as a kind of fantasy world..

My dad was a great movie companion. He wouldn't diminish 'The Jerk.' If I liked it, he liked it. He could see it through my eyes..

I read all the time. Sometimes I get asked if I've thought about writing a novel..

Defining yourself by your taste is easier than defining yourself by any genuine stance on something..

I've had great experiences or joyful experiences making a movie that people found very disturbing..

I do think it's a very good way to describe what a great actor does. You're both acknowledging the authority of the director and the necessity of the….

It's kind of a crazy art form, movies, in that you have to get it right the day you do it, generally..

Music is like color or acting or whatever. It's really something I think about from the beginning. Not that I always know exactly what I'm going to u….

A film set becomes its own family anyway, and all family dynamics come out during a shoot. The trick is hiring people who know how to handle that..

Being funny, in some ways, is about being connected to psychology..

Other people have worked with big studios and maintained control over their movies. I see no reason why it wouldn't work for me..

I realize how much I rely on the actors to really know the lines because I tend to forget what they are exactly, even though I've written them. I don….

I like shooting in New York because I have such a connection to the city. I have so many memories there..

When I was a kid, I would fantasize about my own funeral..

I try to procrastinate, if I can, productively, like I'll work on something else as procrastination. Or I take a walk. Because often I find, if you g….

Manhattan is so tailored. It's driven by appealing to the very wealthy and tourists..

I like to try to shoot in the city in a way that allows the city to go about its business while we're shooting, and that's always a challenge because….

I'm interested in the way major events don't necessarily announce themselves as major events. They're often little things - the drip, drip of life th….

I do like having books on my shelves. I do value that life..

I like having associations with locations beyond their meaning for the specific movie..