Occupation: Film Director Birth: June 26, 1970
How do I respond to criticism? Critically. I listen to all criticism critically..
My older sister was at the cusp of new wave, and I had older brothers from my father's first marriage who were rock 'n' roll guys, so I was exposed t….
My filmmaking education consisted of finding out what filmmakers I liked were watching, then seeing those films. I learned the technical stuff from b….
It's a gamble you take, the risk of alienating an audience. But there's a theory - sometimes it's better to confuse them for five minutes than let th….
I'll rebel against powers and principalities, all the time. Always, I will..
You write who you are. But you also cheat, and youwrite what you want to be. It's embarrasing to be the guy who madethe movie, knowing you're not exa….
I have a feeling, one of those gut feelings, that I'll make pretty good movies the rest of my life..
I am always looking for that nuance, that moment of truth, and you can't really do that fast..
My writing has a lot to do with who I am, and what my life is like, and my relationships to people..
I don't get a sense of American pride. I just get a sense that everyone is here, battling the same thing - that around the world everybody's after th….
I guess what I like in my movies is where you see a character change by maybe two degrees as opposed to the traditional movie change of ninety degree….
To make a film, the final big collaborator that you have is the composer..
Crazy is so hard to play, there's nothing you can really tell an actor..
I didn't have any desire I might have had 10 years ago to shoot every single word that I wrote..
I don't think it's a director's job to peek behind the curtain too much..
We’re all children of Kubrick, aren’t we? Is there anything you can do that he hasn’t done?.
I don't miss scenes at all the way that I used to miss them when I was younger making a film. It's actually quite fun to get rid of them now..
I'm completely aware of the fact that I'm a control freak..
If you figure a way to live without serving a master, any master, then let the rest of us know, will you? For you'd be the first person in the histor….
I write from my stomach..
Screenwriting is like ironing. You move forward a little bit and go back and smooth things out..