It's kind of major, learning to drive. I feel like it kicked up other stuff in my life.
We expect forty-year-olds to have grown up at some point, and to be engaged and adult and take responsibility, and doing nothing would seem to go against that.
I didn't train in directing; I talk to actors the way I talk to anybody.
Being funny, in some ways, is about being connected to psychology.
I'm always looking for overlooked post-Dylan singer-songwriter records from the '70s.
Defining yourself by your taste is easier than defining yourself by any genuine stance on something.
I love black-and-white movies that are about contemporary subjects.
I don't like when you necessarily know that this is the end of the movie. I like when a movie ends abruptly. You go through this, and some of the scenes are uncomfortable, and some are funny - and then suddenly it's over.
I find a lot of writing happens when you're not actually at the computer. So I carry a notebook.
I've run into more people walking in L.A. than if I drove. Because you stand out so much if you walk. People from my past have stopped their cars and said, 'Hey!' But if I was in a car, they never would've seen me.