I'm more of a science head, so I was like, how would a guy use - if there were ghosts - technology to bring them back?.

I always felt, and still feel, one of my best strengths as a director is having been an actor for a long time. Nobody knows actors and their insecuri….

I always hated high-school shows and high-school movies, because they were always about the cool kids. It was always about dating and sex, and all th….

The greatest movies are the ones you want to watch again and again..

You have to know everything. You have to know how to light a scene. You have to know all this technical stuff about directing. No, you don't. You can….

The biggest thing I’ve heard for the last four months is, ‘Thanks for ruining my childhood’..

Where there seems to be a difference between guys being nuts and women being nuts is that guys are much more open in calling each other on stuff; lot….

Whatever you wear, you have to own it. Make it yours..

I really put my heart and soul into everything and I don't want a project that doesn't feel real to me or I don't get invested in. In order to drive ….

Every director should take an acting class..

I'm a pretty feminized geek, you know? I have that point of view, I grew up around a lot of girls, so I'm pretty sensitive to that. But I don't dare ….

In a perfect world, I'd love to make 90-minute movies, but for me, a movie needs to be as long or short as it can sustain itself..

I was a standup comedian, which is kind of like writing and directing yourself..

When guys see a movie starring women, they go, "That must be filled with these characters I see in these movies who are such a drag." And that's just….

You want a happy ending, but not such a ridiculous happy ending that it doesn't mean anything to anybody..

'Constitutional' is just a real pip of a word. Positively rolls off the tongue. In fact, it's downright fun to say. 'Con-stit-too-shun-al.' It's the ….

That's what I love about the mockumentary style, is the added thing of people knowing they are on-camera, which changes your behavior. That's why we ….

I love the pictures of Old Hollywood, seeing the directors dressed in suits and ties. Even the grips would be wearing ties. But the biggest thing is ….

Film, television, and working with a camera is such an intimate art form that if a camera is right on you, and I've got your face filling the screen,….

I don't want to do anything to revisit Freaks and Geeks that isn't awesome..

The awards world can be ridiculous, but I'm not one to bash it. I love awards! When I've been nominated for Emmys and when I won my DGA Award, I coul….