I'm Really Attracted To Authors Who Take

What I Do Feel Is That 'up In The Air' Is The Most Indicative Film Of 2009. It Is The Portrait Of 2009.

Filmmaking Is Finding A Piece Of Granite And You Start To Chip Away And Then You Have The Shape Of A Head, The Shape Of The Arm, You Can See The Shape Of The Face And The Face Starts To Gather Character. You Have To Find It.

Everyone Wants To Be Loved; Everyone Wants To Know Where They're Going In Life; Everyone Wants To Have A Sense Of Direction And Feel The Next Day Is Going To Be Better Than Today. We Just All Deal With It In A Different Way.

Doesn't Every Generation Feel Like The One That's Coming Up Behind Them Doesn't Know How To Grow Up? I'm Not Sure If We're Progressively Getting Worse Or If Your Perspective Shifts.

I Have A Strange Fascination With The Midwest. I'm Waiting To Find Out That My Parents Are Actually From The Midwest. I Grew Up In Beverly Hills, Up The Street, And I Just Feel Comfortable There. I've Shot In Minneapolis, In Detroit, In St. Louis, In Omaha - They Would Say They're The Plains, Not The Midwest - And I Love It.