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" In the past, I'd been sort of a fan of writing a coat hanger of a script, and something I could hang ideas off of. "

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" 'Peter Pan' is a beloved property. It's a property that was brought to the screen many, many times before, so one has to not only justify the reasons why one might make a 'Peter Pan' movie in 2018, 2019 or whatever, but you also have to do justice to the source material. "

" In dialogue scenes, my favorite moments are when people aren't talking because you can cut to the heart of the matter much more quickly, often with a look. People hide things in words. When you don't have words to hide things in, it becomes much more direct and much more immediate of a connection. "

" It's something that you pick up at a history class in college, the idea that history and time is something to which we can't even hold a candle to. We, as human beings, are just a small element in the overarching sweep of narrative history. That really had a profound effect on me, that realization. "

" I've always endeavored to make movies with my friends. "

" I realized that filmmaking is an eminently scalable act. No matter how big or how small, there's joys and stresses that will all scale themselves magnificently to fit the production. "

" I want to live a very positive and optimistic life that has a wonderful outlook on the future and the impact that I will have on the world and the people around me. "

" It's tough for me to move on from places, even though I realize that it's not only necessary but very important to be able to do so. "

" The only part of 'A Ghost Story' that was reactionary was a temporal one. I had spent so much time making 'Pete's Dragon' that I was really impatient and excited to make something new. When this project presented itself, I was ready to jump right into it. I started shooting two days after 'Pete's Dragon.' "

" When you cut from a long shot to a close shot, you're doing it for a reason, or if you let something stay in long shot for a long take. On the short films, I was teaching myself how to express something personal cinematically, how to use the language of film the best I could. "

" One of my biggest regrets is that I didn't finish college. "

" I have a longstanding, unapologetic love for Ke$ha. "

" I grew up in a deeply Catholic home. Our parents always encouraged us to march to our own drums, though, so some of us are still Catholic and some are not. That's always going to be a part of me though; little bits of it trickle into my work. Whether it's an embrace or a rejection, I'm not always sure, but I can't avoid it. "

" I'm a deeply romantic person, nostalgic to a fault. "

" When I'm writing a story, I try to reduce it to the barest possible components and go from there. "

" Digital is my safety net. I know how to use it, how to operate those cameras; it makes sense to me. Film is much more mysterious. "

" I take a great deal of value in things that are done by hand or executed by hand. "

" When you have a lot going on in a scene - whether it be a lot of shots, a lot of coverage, a lot of edits, or just the amount of content - it can cover up a deficit of true feeling. But when you don't have a lot of material to work with, you really have to be sincere with everything. You really have to mean it, because there's nowhere to hide. "

" I love films that are more random and chaotic, finding moments and capturing them. "

" I try to live my life with grace and through grace even though I don't particularly believe in the divine - and that's a direct result of my having been raised Catholic. "

" I made 'St. Nick' on a 30-page outline. 'Aint' Them Bodies Saints' was a full-bodied script, but it still had a lot of room for improvisation. There were scenes that weren't there on the page - just a sentence saying something happens. I was like, 'We'll figure this out when we shoot it.' "

" I know I have trouble watching my own films. "

" I love animals and their behavior. I watch cat videos all the time. "

" Some filmmakers are great at making complex things and films with a lot of moving parts, and I'm just not that way. "

" I love 'Peter Pan' to death. It's one of the most influential pieces of storytelling in my life. It made a huge impact on how I grew up. I love the cartoon. I love the 2003 version. "

" I'm sentimental to a fault. "

" The films I love are very precise, and every shot means something; every shot should convey something new. "

" My wife and I, we knew each other back in 2001 but had fallen out of touch. One day, I had a dream about her and wrote her a note on Facebook - I was living in L.A. at the time - and that turned into six months of just letter-writing. It started off with Facebook messages and turned into emails and eventually became actual hand-written letters. "

" Making movies is hard for me. Being on set is very trying. I'm not good at being that communicative for that long. Editing is where I'm happiest. "