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….

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..

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….

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

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….

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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….

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….

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

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

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….