Some Filmmakers, You Know, Have Their Style

There Are People Who Are Originals And The Stuff They Make Really Is New. It Isn't Based On Anything Else. But I've Decided I'm Not That-i Was Never That. My Abilities Are To Synthesize A Wide Range Of References And Ideas Into Something That Feels Relatively Unified And Coherent.

I Like A Lot Of Different Kinds Of Movies, I Like A Lot Of Different Kinds Of Paintings.

A Movie Is Something You See, Cinema Is Something That’s Made.

The Muscle Memory Of Filtering Away All The Wrong Versions Of What You're Doing Improves The More Time You're On A Film Set. I Feel Like My Problem-solving Algorithm Got Kicked Up A Notch.

My First Three Movies, I Didn't Start Editing Until We Were Finished Shooting. That's Unthinkable To Me Now.