I Don't Know Why I'm Drawn To

If Someone Else Made 'up In The Air' Or 'thank You For Smoking' Or 'juno,' I Would Have Wanted To Rip Their Head Off. I Need That Same Sort Of Passion For Every Project I Take On.

When I Write A Film, All I Think About Is Where The Thing Ends And How To Get The Audience There.

When I Look At 'napoleon Dynamite”s Style I'm Reminded Of How I Spoke When I Was An Eight-year-old Boy. It Was Just Like Capturing The Essence Of, 'duh!' It Was Just Like The Stuff That I Would Say When I Was Like Eight, Nine, Ten Years Old.

I'm Equally Guilty Of Using Technology - I Twitter, I Text People, I Chat. But I Think There's Something Strangely Insidious About It That It Makes Us Think We're Closer When In Fact We're Not Seeing Each Other, We're Not Connecting.

I Always Believed That You Can Make Challenging Films, But They Should Be Fiscally Responsible.