To me, the movie is about power.

- Neil Burger

It's like you might have some great scene that you love but for some reason - and you can't necessarily put your finger on it - the movie's not worki…

- Neil Burger

On one hand it's very flattering to be compared to a big success, and then sometimes it's very frustrating because you want people to see the movie t…

- Neil Burger

But at a certain point you've gotta be ruthless with the movie because you can have these great scenes, but they aren't specifically building the sto…

- Neil Burger

I think it worked two ways. One, a lot of people writing about the movie used that as shorthand and it could either be a good thing or they could use…

- Neil Burger

When I was younger, I wanted to own a circus and create this bizarre revue that went from town to town. And, I was interested in set design and doing…

- Neil Burger

If a character is going to end up one way, you start them a certain way. If they're gonna end up the polar opposite of that, you might start them dif…

- Neil Burger

I'm working on a number of different things. I'm working on a couple of TV things and I'm working on a couple of film things too, and they're all ver…

- Neil Burger

At a certain point, I got interested in set design for the theater. I was interested in architecture, but I was taking photographs at the same time, …

- Neil Burger