The movies I made when I was 14 or 15, I have a hard time looking at those. Those were the awkward years. I don't know if anybody can look at something they did when they were 14 and not…

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I didn't have any ambition to produce big mainstream popcorn movies.

I didn't have any ambition to produce big mainstream popcorn movies.

I am the luckiest filmmaker I know.

I am the luckiest filmmaker I know.

I've always had this idea that I wanted movies to make people better not worse.

I've always had this idea that I wanted movies to make people better not worse.

It's an interesting combination: Having a great fear of being alone, and having a desperate...

It's an interesting combination: Having a great fear of being alone, and having a desperate...

The best reason to make a film is that you feel passionately about it.

The best reason to make a film is that you feel passionately about it.

So, yes, there's nothing I love more than listening to directors talk about their movies.

So, yes, there's nothing I love more than listening to directors talk about their movies.

Knowing what paint a painter uses or having an understanding of where he was in...

Knowing what paint a painter uses or having an understanding of where he was in...

I fantasize about having a manual job where I can come home at night, read...

I fantasize about having a manual job where I can come home at night, read...

I prefer to commit 100 per cent to a movie and make fewer films, because...

I prefer to commit 100 per cent to a movie and make fewer films, because...

I want to be inspiring to myself, to my kids, my family, and my friends.

I want to be inspiring to myself, to my kids, my family, and my friends.

I guess I've played a lot of victims, but that's what a lot of the...

I guess I've played a lot of victims, but that's what a lot of the...

I love European movies and I kind of grew up on European films.

I love European movies and I kind of grew up on European films.

Claustrophobia makes it the perfect setting.

Claustrophobia makes it the perfect setting.

I love more than anything looking at a movie scene by scene and seeing the...

I love more than anything looking at a movie scene by scene and seeing the...

By the first week of shooting, you know exactly where your film is heading based...

By the first week of shooting, you know exactly where your film is heading based...

I'm kind of a chatterbox and I talk really fast.

I'm kind of a chatterbox and I talk really fast.

I think anybody over 30 plays parents because it happens in your thirties and so...

I think anybody over 30 plays parents because it happens in your thirties and so...

I wish that I spoke more languages. I speak a couple languages, but not well...

I wish that I spoke more languages. I speak a couple languages, but not well...

I don't know if I see myself as really an action hero, but I like...

I don't know if I see myself as really an action hero, but I like...

Part of me longs to do a job where there's not a gray area.

Part of me longs to do a job where there's not a gray area.