I don't have a specific thing I want anyone to get out of anything I do.

Ultimately what I'll do next is up in the air for me.

I like to come to the set with very strong ideas and strong opinions about how to do things. And I like also dealing with somebody who's like that.

Creating anything is hard.

I've never been on a cruise.

Film's hard when you don't have any relationship with the director at all and you just show up. Then you really are just a gun for hire.

I didn't go out looking for negative characters; I went out looking for people who have a struggle and a fight to tackle. That's what interests me.

There are characters in movies who I call 'film characters.' They don't exist in real life. They exist to play out a scenario. They can be in fantastic films, but they are not real characters; what happens to them is not lifelike.

Well, I think everyone struggles with self-love.

People actually live with their id exposed. They're not good at concealing what's going on inside.

Films are always a fiction, not documentary. Even a documentary is a kind of fiction.

I got into plays in high school then I ended up going to college for it.

Creating something is all about problem-solving.

I know I wasn't as handsome as some other guys, but I was OK with that.

There are a lot of things going on with my life right now that don't just have to do with career. So I have a hard time making decisions about work. That's really a luxury problem.

The film is made in the editing room. The shooting of the film is about shopping, almost. It's like going to get all the ingredients together, and you've got to make sure before you leave the store that you got all the ingredients. And then you take those ingredients and you can make a good cake - or not.

You can look at anything as a cult. Churches are cults in their own way.

I've grown to really love musicals, you know?

I try not to plan that too much.

I've had to make the transition from sweeping in for 15 minutes, doing my stuff and clearing out, to carrying a movie for the duration - in a dress.

I got sober when I was 22 years old.

My mum is incredibly intelligent.

In film, you have to let go sometimes.

I don't get nervous when I'm directing a play. It's not like acting.