I Just Like Working With Smart People.

If There's A Criteria That Really Gets Me Interested In A Work Besides Any Type Of Personal Interaction With The Theme, It's If I Feel Like This Is The Right Piece Of Work For That Director At That Moment In Their Career.

There Are So Many People Who Are Conscientious And Caring About Others. I've Spent Time Working In Countries Where I Really Noticed The Absence Of Civic Concern, Care For Other People. I've Been In Other Countries Where I Feel A Palpable, Almost Tooth-and-claw Attitude Between People - Machiavellian, Me And Mine. And You Can Take For Granted Being Here, With All The Bloviating And The Media, On A Day-to-day Level, People In This Country Are Really Pretty Concerned For Each Other.

People Wrestle Sometimes Making Movies, And I Think That Conflict Is A Very Essential Thing. I Think A Lot Of Very Happy Productions Have Produced A Lot Of Very Banal Movies.

I'm A New Yorker, You Know.

Look, You've Got A Generation Of People Coming Along Who Are Going To Form Their Own New Relationship With The Idea Of Supporting The Causes That They Care About Or Changing The World. And These People Are Not Going To Do It The Way Our Parents Do It.