To make personal movies that you are the author of, is quite a difficult thing. It takes a lot of stamina..

I'm a curious person. I pursue things based on what sparks my interest. I'm not thinking about what role I play. I don't have to be a movie director ….

Film is like eating to me. It feels completely natural..

As a director myself, you really appreciate collaborating with people who are trying to help you find what you need and what you want..

It's not just people in Hollywood: I'm sure everyone in the world thinks, 'What would be it like if I won an Oscar?.

On Darjeeling, I was on set every day and I acted as the second unit director and a producer on that film. I was there throughout the whole process. ….

As a director myself, you want to have colleagues and collaborators that respect your authority as the director. I'm very comfortable with that, and ….

Movies are magical. Sometimes it just works, it catalyzes, and everything falls into place, and no one knows exactly how or why..

When I'm in London, Claridge's is a great favourite. I'm a big fan of art deco architecture and the rooms are extraordinary..

Dont imitate. Write what you know about, that has to be your goal..

I would like to do more feature work. I intend to do that. To be really honest, it's an economic thing because when you make a film that doesn't make….

I grew up in San Francisco and moved to L.A. about 20 years ago, and now my main home is in Hollywood..

Recently, I was in Bernalda, my dad's ancestral home town in Italy. He has just refurbished a palazzo and turned it into a hotel, so we had my sister….

I feel like I am very drawn to the short form stuff because it's just fun to be making something, and then, a week later, it's out. I will always be ….

I really value distinctive movies, movies that feel that they came from a person that was really something that they had conceived and they made and ….

In my films that I've directed, and my work in commercials and videos, I've rarely used handheld. It's just not something I'm drawn to, but I've seen….

The director is the ultimate creative arbiter of what's going to happen. And as a director myself, you really appreciate collaborating with people wh….

Relationship movies are often made for a female audience..

I've been enjoying 'Life on the Mississippi' by Mark Twain that I picked up at the airport randomly. It's very witty and interesting to read about hi….

That's a hobby of mine - to do whatever I can for unusual for-hire creative projects. I am waiting for someone to really challenge me - obviously I'm….

I'm a writer and director, and the movie I've seen a million times is 'Stardust Memories' by Woody Allen, starring Woody Allen and Charlotte Rampling..