My Writing Voice Is Very Much Like

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.

I Don't Believe In Director's Cuts Where You Make Things Longer. The Coolest Thing Was When The Coen Brothers Did A Director's Cut Of 'blood Simple,' And They Made It Shorter.

What I Do Feel Is That 'up In The Air' Is The Most Indicative Film Of 2009. It Is The Portrait Of 2009.

When Characters Change On Screen, It Makes You Feel Better About Yourself. You Think, 'oh I Change Too, I'm Constantly Becoming A Better Person.'

And As A Director, You Make 1,000 Decisions A Day, Mostly Binary Decisions: Yes Or No, This One Or That One, The Red One Or The Blue One, Faster Or Slower. And It's The Culmination Of Those Decisions That Define The Tone Of The Film And Whether Or Not It Moves People.