If I'm Trying To Put Size On

I'm A New Yorker, You Know.

You're Always Choosing The Start Point And The End Point. And Almost By Definition, The Most Interesting Period Is Where Something Happens, As A Result Of Which Something Is Different At The End. And So To Me, The Idea That You Know Everything About A Character At The Beginning Is Sort Of Ridiculous. Something Has To Be Revealed. I Like It When The Deeper You Go With The Character, The More You See The Layers Start To Peel Away. It's More Challenging To Me, But It's Also Just Interesting. Those Are The Things I Like To Watch. I Like To Watch The Evolutions Of Something.

If I Ever Have To Stop Taking The Subway, I'm Gonna Have A Heart Attack.

Look, You've Got A Generation Of People Coming Along Who Are Going To Form Their Own New Relationship With The Idea Of Supporting The Causes That They Care About Or Changing The World. And These People Are Not Going To Do It The Way Our Parents Do It.

Even My Wife And Two Of My Children Are In "leaves Of Grass". Because I Love The Source Material So Much, It Was Really Easy To Write And An Utter Delight To Get To Direct Because I Had People Like Edward [norton] Elevating The Material And Surprising Me In Their Interpretations Of All Of This Stuff That's So Close To Me.