I Believe In Using Words, Not Fists.

That's One Of My Little Expressions. I Never Really Studied Acting So I Kind Of Kiddingly Talk About "building Your Circle" And "mooding Up," Because I Really Didn't Learn Any Technique.

That's The Thing About Independently Minded Children. You Bring Them Up Teaching Them To Question Authority, And You Forget That The Very First Authority They Question Is You.

I Think You Have To Be Ready To Switch Gears And Go With The Team As A Director, As Opposed To Superimposing Your Own Strict Idea Of The Story. There Are Very Few Directors That Can Micromanage And Still Come Out With Something That's Living And Breathing On A Page. Wes Anderson Is One Of Those.

I Was Very Withdrawn And Definitely Played With Dolls Well Into Eighth Grade. But I Was The Oldest Of Nine, And That Grounded Me In A Way That I Don't Think I Would Have Been Grounded Otherwise. So I Was Able To - Or Forced To - Function Practically. But I Think, By Nature, I Was Someone Who Lived In My Head, In My Imagination.

Somebody Can Be The Captain Of The Ship, Which Allows You To Make Big Mistakes.