Quotes

You don't need to make $100 million at the box-office to have a story that can be relevant in the culture for a long time. You just need to be earnest.

If something can be explored or illuminated that would have been difficult to verbalize, that to me is what a film should be. It's like trying to explain what a piece of music is like. You can't do it.

When I go to a vending machine, there's a Snickers bar and a bag of Chex Mix. These are the same things. Okay, one is savory and one is sugary. But they're still food I can put in my mouth. We go to the theater and act like they're all the same thing, and they're just not. One is meant to be there so you can make out with your date on a Friday night, and the other is there so you can be edified for the next 30 years. We just pretend they're the same.