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" I've got to say, I've probably seen a lot more of the Three Stooges than of the Marx Brothers. "

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" I'll still make movies for studios, but my editing process will be much further removed from the studio system. Because I don't understand it. I don't understand the whole testing-numbers thing. It is not how I want to make movies. So if that's how they do it, then I don't think I want to do it. "

" I'm fortunately not, like, typecast. I don't have to just do one kind of thing; I can do all kinds of things that reflect different parts of me. "

" I'm very nervous about taking jobs. I always make sure that, if I'm going to work with somebody, that they really understand what it is that I want to do. I'd rather not take the job than be vague about how I'm going to do something and run into trouble later on. It's a hard thing to negotiate. "

" I'd love to do a musical one day - a theatre musical. "

" Our subjectivity is so completely our own. "

" Me and my friends had BMX magazines and skate magazines, and I was a photographer who made skate videos. "

" I feel like you only have so much time to make stuff. I'm definitely aware of that. I'm also excited about it. "

" I worked at this bike shop called Rockville BMX, and I started going on this summer tour with this one company. One summer, we ended up in California, and I got to hang out with the guys who made 'Freestylin' - Andy Jenkins and Mark Lewman. "

" I would love to make video games. "

" We can empathize as deeply as we can empathize. "

" There's great food everywhere, and even McDonald's uses nice wood now. "

" I think because I'm not a parent, my most immediate connection to childhood is my memory of my own childhood. "

" I wasn't a film kid. "

" I don't understand the whole testing-numbers thing. It is not how I want to make movies. "

" I like hiring people based on a feeling - this person gets it - rather than what they've done in the past. "

" I loved Fugazi, the D.C. hardcore band, because they always did everything themselves. They had their own label, and the CDs always cost nine dollars, the T-shirts always cost eight dollars, the shows always cost five dollars, no major label. "

" I have a home phone number, and I like it! It's like a throwback already. "

" When I'm making stuff, the thing that excites me most is not the result, but the process and trying to do something I've never done before. "

" There's a difference between stress and pressure. "

" When you're close to somebody, you can never really know how they're experiencing the world. "

" Every actor I've worked with I want to work with again. "

" I respect people that are die-hard film people, but I started on video. I started on Hi8 video and mini-DV, and I made skate videos. So, I love film, and I love the way it looks, but I also love the way crappy video looks, or VHS. I've always been a fan of whatever the look is that's appropriate for what the feeling is. "

" 'Where The Wild Things Are,' I think I could have written on my own. When I brought Dave Eggers on, I already had 60 pages of notes. I technically could have, but I don't think I was ready to. I needed him to be there and help me. "

" You make a movie that is about what you want it to be about and let people have their reaction to it. "

" Moms are people, too. Moms make mistakes, too. "

" I'm always amazed when any actor can decipher my direction. "

" The world is becoming nicer and easier, but that doesn't mean we are any less lonely or any more connected. "

" The strengths and failings of a relationship depend entirely on your ability to talk about your feelings. "

" I'm hesitant to make grand statements because I feel like that it's not exactly what I'm writing about. "

" Be willing to get fired for a good idea. "