As A Person, I'm Anti-violence.

When I Write A Film, There's A Particular Thing I Am Wrestling With And The Question Or Concern I'm Dealing With Has To Be Big Enough For Me To Dedicate A Year Or Two Of My Life. If The Question Isn't Big Enough, Or Rich Enough, I'll Lose Interest.

Film Allows Me To Ask Some Really Big Questions With The Time To Explore Them Deeply. I Love The Form.

As A Person, I'm Anti-violence.

There's Something Melancholy About Professors Because They're Chronically Abandoned. They Form These Lovely Relationships With Students And Then The Students Leave And The Professors Stay The Same. It's Like They're Chronically Abandoned.

One Thing I'm Most Proud Of, In My Movies, Is That I Think The Performances Are Super-strong, But That's Not All Me. I Think Part Of It Is Casting Appropriately.