With Each One Of My Films, I'm

I Remember When I Was Like 19 Years Old And I Started A Desk Calendar Company To Pay For My First Short Film, Just So I Could Say One Day That My Daddy Didn't Pay For My First Short Film. And I Really Established Myself In The Film Festival World.

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.

I'm Not Going To Have A Perfect Career. It's Better To Be Billy Wilder And Make Lots Of Movies And Have Five Or Six Great Ones Than To Make So Few Movies That When You Make A Bad One It Crushes You.

And I Certainly Like Being On A Plane, Next To A Stranger, Having Conversations That You'd Never Otherwise Have. You're Unplugged, Your Phone Doesn't Work, You're Not Online.

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.