Really, It's The Director's Job To Disappear

Too Many People Believe In That [alfred] Hitchcock Thing That He Only Shot Exactly The Shots He Needed For The Dialogue He Needed And I Think That's Bullshit, Even If That Was True For That Singular Filmmaker.

'juno' Really Changed Things For Me And I Get A Lot Of Screenplays Come In Now, But I Like To Self-generate And I Like To Kind Of Pursue My Own Ideas. And I Think The More Personal The Better.

I've Always Had An Underdog Perspective.

I Want My Audiences To Be As Open-minded As My Characters.

Growing Up The Son Of A Director Has Made Me Very Aware Of The Various Turns That A Directing Career Can Take. Sometimes Your Films Turn Out Exactly As You Want. Sometimes They Don't. I Spent A Lot Of My Childhood On Sets. I Think As A Joke, My Father Gave Me A Line Of Dialogue In Each Of His Films During The Worst Moments Of My Puberty.