As a kid, I had a background in theater.
When I'm writing, I'm trying to immerse myself in the chaos of an emotional experience, rather than separate myself from it and look back at it from a distance with clarity and tell it as a story. Because that's how life is lived, you know?
My time on the set is the least of my involvement. Most of my time is in pre-production and post-production.
I'm interested in trying to explore what I think is the truth at a given time in my life, and part of the process of being honest is - in my mind - talking about the idea that you're watching a movie. You're sitting here watching a movie. And I like that. It appeals to me intellectually, and also in a way I can't even explain.
I'm not a celebrity. I'm intentionally and defiantly not a celebrity. I don't have any interest in it. I don't have any talent for it. I keep my personal life out of my public life as cleanly as I can.
I like titles that are a little difficult, because it's kind of counterintuitive.
I wanted to deal with someone's idea of their relationship.
I want to create situations that give people something to think about.
I feel like I want to keep moving toward idiosyncracy. Personal, personal, personal.
I don't write genre stuff in any form. I'm not interested in it. I always try to do the opposite of that.
Constantly talking isn't necessarily communicating.
I was trying to figure out what a memory feels like.
Everything I've written is personal - it's the only way I know how to write.
I'm trying to tell a story and do it truthfully.
I'm in my mind a lot. I live there.
I don't subscribe to anything. I sit there and I try to think about what seems honest to me.
I do throw out a lot of ideas, and I forget completely about them.
I have a tendency to hire people who tend to be unattractive to the studios. Maybe this is a bad idea.
I have a lot of health anxiety.
You are what you love. Not what loves you.
I hate a movie that will end by telling you that the first thing you should do is learn to love yourself. That is so insulting and condescending, and so meaningless. My characters don't learn to love each other or themselves.
Before you start production, you have characters you have created without actors in mind, then all of a sudden you've got actors. They bring an enormous amount in creating these characters, and creating the dynamics between the characters that you've written.