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" I'm curious how people build up the codes that they live their life by, and how they come to think that that's the best way for them to function. "

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" When I start a movie, there will be certain films that I watch again just because the vibe seems right. "

" A lot of black-and-white films generally have a color version that will be used for TV. "

Black-And-White

" I don't agree with the idea that my characters are unlikeable. "

" I find a lot of writing happens when you're not actually at the computer. So I carry a notebook. "

" It's kind of major, learning to drive. I feel like it kicked up other stuff in my life. "

" I graduated in '91, so the '90s for me were very much the first years out of school, so I can't really look at that decade as independent of my own experience of my 20s, really. "

" 'The Squid and the Whale' I shot in 23 days. I would have loved more time for it at the time, but in some ways that kind of kamikaze way of shooting was right for that movie. "

" I think if we taped a lot of families that claim to be relatively normal, you'd be surprised when you hear some of the things said. "

" I suppose some studio executive would say it's death for a comedy if people aren't all laughing in the same places, but I find with my movies that people laugh in very different places. I can't control it. "

" When you're around your family, and you have that history and that shared language, you say things you'd be embarrassed to hear quoted back to you later. "

" I didn't train in directing; I talk to actors the way I talk to anybody. "

" It's near impossible to make a movie in black and white in the system. "

Black And White

" When I was a kid, I would fantasize about my own funeral. "

" I read all the time. Sometimes I get asked if I've thought about writing a novel. "

" I used to get up and write every day, even if I wasn't working on a specific thing. Now, when I have a thing I'm in the middle of, I do that, but when I'm not, time can go by when I'm not writing at all. "

" I like to try to shoot in the city in a way that allows the city to go about its business while we're shooting, and that's always a challenge because, unfortunately, people on the street don't know not to look in the camera or interact with the actors. "

" I think it's always interesting how music means different things to different people, and people who overthink it are looking to in some ways show off with music, versus people who just respond to a song and decide to sing it. "

" I think I was going through a lot of change at 27, but I didn't know it was happening until it was over. "

" How you start the movie is critical. And how often you feel that there's no reason for how it's starting. "

" I'm interested in the way major events don't necessarily announce themselves as major events. They're often little things - the drip, drip of life that changes people or affects people. "

" I get a lot of responses to my movies. Some people say, 'Oh, I thought it was really funny - I hope that's okay!' And my answer always is 'Yes. It's totally okay.' "

" I know people who are incredibly successful who still dress the way they did when they were 18, just because they still think that's how they look good. "

" There's always some generational-guys-hanging-out movie that is made every few years, I think, and some of them are great. "

" Wes Anderson's films, 6-year-olds are crazy about them. "

" I think all my movies are about transitions to some degree. "

" I thought at the time of my parents' divorce that I was upset by deeper, more profound things and I was just taking it out on the joint custody agreement. But that disruption was bad enough. That was a huge deal for a teenager. "

" It's nice being friends over a period of time with people whose music you like so much, or other filmmakers, seeing people change, go through trials. "

" I've always liked working with friends or, you know, people I have outside relationships with. "

" I guess I'm interested in people who are very sophisticated in intellectual ways, while being completely off the mark in emotional ones, with these huge blind spots in terms of their own behavior. "