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" Some of the best ideas come from sheer discovery, and not by some masterminded, preconceived genius. "

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" I always aspire to that, where it feels like the film was made by the characters as opposed to the filmmakers. I try to be invisible. "

" When I was 20 years old, I had no plans to ever be a filmmaker. "

" As a parent, your perspective of childhood is through the eyes of this person that you care so much about and you just want the world to be great for them. You want their life to be easy and happy. "

" I love when me and my friends don't know how to make something - there's that risk of failure, which should be there. If it's guaranteed not to fail, it's something you already know how to do. "

" I think if something's emotionally real - and I'm not even talking about in movies or in art, but in life - you can't really argue with that, even if your intellectual mind might know differently. "

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

" The Beastie Boys are guys I loved before I met them, and when I got to know them, we started a magazine together, and we started making videos together, and a lot of it came out of us just cracking ourselves up, like going to the fake mustache store and buying fake mustaches. "

" Our subjectivity is so completely our own. "

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

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

" I want to make films without a single clear message, and films that are as close as possible to what it feels like to be alive. At least to me. "

" I think there is something about... unless you come from a really evolved family that allowed you to talk about your feelings and felt like a safe environment, then you aren't really prepared to do that when you grow up. "

" Maurice Sendak never - I remember he said something that was very striking because it's something I never thought about. I always loved his work, and he said, 'I don't really view myself as a children's book author. I just try and write about childhood as honestly as I can.' "

" Samantha Morton is one of the best actresses in the world. "

" Obviously technology has become such a big presence in our lives and, I definitely know, in my life. "

" I like naps. I don't drink coffee. "

" If you compromise what you're trying to do just a little bit, you'll end up compromising a little more the next day or the next week, and when you lift your head you're suddenly really far away from where you're trying to go. "

" On set, there's a lot of pressure. But it sort of heightens the moments. "

" I think at the beginning of a project, you decide if you're in love with the idea and what it's about, or what you think it's about at that time at least. Then you commit to it, and once you've commit to it no matter what, no matter how many self doubts you have, you're in it. The ship's sailed, you can't turn around. "

" I never knew how to do anything before I did it, really. "

" Is artificial intelligence less than our intelligence? "

" I'm always inspired by other filmmakers, whether it's a shot or the way they handle tone. "

" I like people that define their own values. I am much more interested in somebody who has their own definition of what they value, their own definition of what success is, their own definition of what love is. "

" You can go on Nike's website and choose exactly what fabrics and colours and shapes you want your sneakers to come in. "

" I definitely check my phone for texts a lot - like, 'Did anyone text me? Is anyone thinking about me? Does anyone love me?' "

" I'm not one to intellectualize why I did something. "

" It's fun when you start a movie, because it's kind of like you get to go Christmas shopping... you get to make your wish list and you start thinking about what each character needs. "

" Music is thousands and thousands of years old and I don't think that basic, primitive connection to the language of music ever changes. "

" Is an audience open to seeing a film that isn't what they expect when they see a film that's been adapted from a children's book? "

" Doing a documentary is about discovering, being open, learning, and following curiosity. "