My directing is really weird. Everything is based on whether it's working or not. I don't try to fix something if it's not working, I'll just change …

- Joe Swanberg

A lot of the people I'm working with are not actors, or it's their first time in a movie. I'm not trying to shape performances, coax performances out…

- Joe Swanberg

I do like the idea of doing something different, maybe doing something that's more like a genre film. And there are certain actors that I'd like to w…

- Joe Swanberg

Am I doing the movie because I'm really excited about it and want to do it, or am I doing it because it seems like it's a big budget or something lik…

- Joe Swanberg

I think there's been a gigantic shift in the way we talk to each other, and the way that we communicate with each other. So as a filmmaker, the stuff…

- Joe Swanberg

I always loved the work. As soon as I finished a movie, the most exciting thing to do was to try to jump into the next one. How I feel about it is th…

- Joe Swanberg

I want to communicate with people, and I want to make something that works, and that people like. I'm never purposefully trying to be antagonistic or…

- Joe Swanberg

I don't have an agent. I don't take meetings or anything like that, so I don't really know what's out there. I'm not closed off to anything, but I'd …

- Joe Swanberg

During improvisations, I'll hear people bringing back up details from something I heard about at breakfast or something somebody was saying that they…

- Joe Swanberg