I Don't Consider Myself To Be Particularly

There Are People Who Are Originals And The Stuff They Make Really Is New. It Isn't Based On Anything Else. But I've Decided I'm Not That-i Was Never That. My Abilities Are To Synthesize A Wide Range Of References And Ideas Into Something That Feels Relatively Unified And Coherent.

Making A Film That's Supposed To Be Fun To Watch Is Really Hard - That's The Weird Irony Of It.

I Think There Are Only Two Times That I've Ever Ended Up Paying Somebody Their Quote. Like What They Actually Were Worth In The Marketplace.

Everything Is The Director's Fault - You Can Quote Me On That. There Are No Excuses.

We're All Standing On The Shoulders Of What Other People Have Done. But You're Supposed To Take That And Add Your Own Sauce. It Can Be Intimidating, Believe Me.