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" I grew up in suburbia, so it's a world I'm familiar with... but in my experience, all the families that I grew up thinking were the perfect families who kept it together... all their secrets would come out, and it'd be something dark and disgusting beneath the surface, so I wanted to exploit that. "

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" In Judaism, the temple was the most holy site in the world. But if you extend that argument as a metaphor, and you say 'The world is a holy place,' and you're treating this holy place like a money-lending psycho, then Jesus says, 'This is hypocrisy!' and he'd point it out and flip it over. "

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" If you look at zombie movies throughout history, they're always making adjustments. Even the idea of the virus zombies and the back-from-the-dead zombies... there's been tons of tweaks. "

" Comedy is all about rhythm and context, and there's all types of comedies, and it's about finding that right brand, that consistency in tone. "

" You show a movie to your friends when you're working on it, but you don't have any real objectivity. You just don't know. So that moment when it's shown for the very first time at Sundance, it's just terrifying. I'm so anxious. And then every screening is different. "

" If something's really selfless, then there's really no value in it for you... there's only value in it for the world. "

" I think there are a lot of actors who are excellent at cold reads, and they go to an audition, and they read the part and nail it, but then when it comes to the performance, they don't have something. "

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" Not to be negative, but I think the biggest lesson is don't trust anyone. "

" After doing 'Life After Beth,' which I think had one line that wasn't scripted, everything was scripted so that it sounds natural, and I went to such great lengths to create dialogue and to come across the way that people wouldn't sound like they were on the nose. "

" For me, the whole idea of performance is not being self-aware, and then sort of just experiencing. "

" I am interested in all aspects of filmmaking, so I have an opinion on every aspect, so sound design, score, cinematography, editing - all that stuff I have experience doing myself, so I had a very strong idea of what I wanted, and I got, for the most part, people that were able to articulate that idea, which was nice. "

" I usually just do, like, studio jobs, re-writes and stuff. "

" Having been through breakups when you get back with the person thinking it's going to work the second time - it never does. "

" I don't try to make actors play crazy characters. I like where there's a certain element of who they are and truth to their performances. "

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" Everything kind of has a message in it. "

" I've always maintained that people that are funny and smart can do anything in film. "

" It's so rare when marketing and press doesn't ruin your movie. "

" I went to film school; I went to NYU film school. "

" When people are committed to things, and the world view they have is no longer in alignment with our world view, then it becomes funny. "

" I hate when people eat food and talk with their mouth full. I always cover my mouth when I eat, but I've had it where there's little bologna bits flying on your food. "

" My pet peeve is when people criticize things when they're just trying to have a conversation. "

" I like collaborating with actors. I love finding that moment where it all comes together. "

" For us, when we think about the Middle Ages, it's sort of this rarefied, distant time that we have no connection to, especially if you grew up in America. "

" It's life, so you're a constant evolution of tragedies and achievements and ups and downs. You can probably get a little bit more immune to things, but whatever is the most amount of pain you feel at any given moment feels like the most amount of pain you'll ever feel. "