Adolescence Is A Tough One To Be

I'm An Atheist. But I Absolutely Love Religions And The Rituals. Even Though I Don't Believe In God. We Celebrate Pretty Much Every Religion In Our Family With The Kids. They Love It, And When They Say, 'are We Jewish?' Or 'are We Catholic?' I Say, 'well, I'm Not, But You Can Choose When You're 18. But Isn't This Fun That We Do Seders And The Advent Calendar?'

It's A Tough Trick To Be Able To Create An Intelligent Movie That Has Socio-political Commentary, And Also Has The Emotional And Moving Stuff, At The Same Time.

I Love The Way L A. Leaves You Alone. I Can Go Home, Read All Day, And Nobody Bugs Me.

But Now I Really Don't Want To Work Unless I Really, Really Care About A Project.

If I Make Two Movies My Entire Life, And They're Two Movies That - Whether They Make A Lot Of Money Or Two People Go To See Them - They Speak Of Me, Then I Consider Them Incredibly Successful. I Don't Need To Be Steven Spielberg.