We Are So Vocal About What We

I Actually Have A Thing About Proper Nouns. They Clang On My Ear In A Weird Way When I Hear Them Dropped Into Movies.

Each Film Is Difficult, In Its Own Particular Way. There's A Unique Set Of Challenges On Every Movie.

The Reflexive Allergy To L.a. That A Lot Of New Yorkers Have, I Feel Like It's Kind Of Nonsense.

Cynicism Is Kind Of Like Folding Your Arms And Stepping Back And Commenting On Things, Like The Old Guys In 'the Muppets,' Just Throwing Out Comments All The Time, Whereas There Are Other People On The Ground Really Trying To Affect Things And Improve Their Lives And The Lives Of Other People. I Think It's Noble And I Think It's Cool.

You Can Say Something That Can Really Help And Actor And You Can Say Something That Can Really Get In The Way Of An Actor's Performance, Kind Of Cut Them Off From Their Instincts And Really Get Into Their Heads. And Every Actor's Different. Every Actor Requires Something Different. Being An Actor, For Me, Was The Greatest Training To Be A Writer And Director.