What I Do Feel Is That 'up

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.

Comedy And Horror Are Cousins; They're Related. They Both Come From Storytellers Who Want To Specifically Affect The Audience And Elicit Specific Reactions During The Movie.

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.

All The Airports Kind Of Feel And Look The Same Now. Some Are More Beautiful, Some Are Less Beautiful, But For The Most Part You're Going To Find A Starbucks In Every Airport. You're Going To Get Your Coffee And The 'usa Today' Or 'new York Times' In Every Airport.

And The Biggest Improvement I See Between 'up In The Air' And 'juno' And 'thank You For Smoking' Is That 'up In The Air' Deals With The Complicated Human Stuff In A Way That My Other Films Have Not. It's A More Articulated Film, And Because Of That, I'm Most Proud Of It.