Directing 'the Office' Is Kind Of Like

I Went To College, I Went Pre-med, I Thought I Was Going To Be A Doctor.

Directing Is A Reactionary Job More Than A Creation Job. The Job Is To React Whether It's Moment One, The First Time You Read The Script Or See An Article Or Read A Book Or Notice Something Happen On The Street And Have An Idea For A Movie, And It Just Continues From There On In. You're Just Reacting To Dialogue, A Performance, An Audition, A Headache, A Piece Of Furniture, A Piece Of Clothing.

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.

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.

Being The Son Of A Filmmaker, You Are Aware Of A Career As A Director. You Don't Think Of It As Just Movies, But As A Life.