Unlike With Any Other Art Form, Filmmakers

Most People Are Nostalgic In A Way That They're Fond Of The Past, But They Still Are Happy That They Are Where They Are Now. You Know, When You Say, 'oh, High School Was This Or That,' You Don't Want To Go Back. No Matter How Much You Loved High School, You Don't Want To Actually Be Back In High School. I Certainly Wouldn't.

I'm Not Michael Moore. I Think Michael Moore Wants To Tell You How To Think. He Wants To Give You Answers. I Make Movies To Raise My Own Personal Questions And Not To Give Answers.

I'm Really Attracted To Authors Who Take On Really Tricky Material With A Very Open Mind And Take A Subject Matter That You Wouldn't Think Would Be A Comedy.

The First Set I Remember Was 'ghostbusters.' It Was A Scene In Which The Street Erupted. I Remember Even At Seven Years Old Thinking, 'wow, If You Direct A Movie, You Can Break The Streets Of New York.'

'alien' Asked Ground-breaking Questions About Eco-politics And Female Empowerment. 'the Matrix' Delved Deeper Into The Concept Of Perception Versus Reality Than Perhaps Any Other Film I Know. But For Some Reason, We Tend Not To Remember The Significance Of Their Writing.