When I Go To Movies I Generally

I Think People Are People And, If Their Feelings Are Truthful, They Can Connect. It Doesn't Matter If You're An Aging, 50-something Wrestler At The End Of His Career, Or An Ambitious, 20-something Ballet Dancer.

The '90s Were A Party, I Mean Definitely Maybe Not For The Grunge Movement, But People Were Partying Harder In The '90s Than They Were In The '80s. The '90s Was Ecstasy, The '80s Was Yuppies. There Was That Whole Ecstasy Culture. People Were Having A Pretty Good Time In The '90s.

Every Film Had Its Own Grammar. And It's Your Job As A Director To Basically Figure Out A Language To Tell A Story.

I Was 12 Or 13 Years Old. So I Started To Write Poetry And Fiction, Even Though I Was Really Into Biology Because My Dad Was A Science Teacher. I Kept Writing All Those Years.

Noah Was This Sort Of Patron Saint In My Life. When I Finished Pi And I Started To Think About What Was Next, I Was Like, "wow, It's Interesting That No One Has Done A Film Of One Of The Greatest Stories Ever Told." Even If You're Not A Jew, A Muslim, Or A Christian, You Likely Have A Flood Story In Your Culture.