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Truffaut loved Hitchcock.
Peter Bogdanovich is a good friend.
I always viewed life as material for a movie.
Will Ferrell's made a lot of brilliant movies.
I'm sure I've said some pretty bad pick-up lines.
I'm interested in music as an extension of character.
Wes Anderson's films, 6-year-olds are crazy about them.
When I was a kid, I would fantasize about my own funeral.
I think all my movies are about transitions to some degree.
I do like having books on my shelves. I do value that life.
I don't agree with the idea that my characters are unlikeable.
Dance is a profession with an expiration date for many people.
I live in Manhattan now, because, in a way, it was my fantasy.
I think I've always been drawn to the notion of talk as cinematic.
Being funny, in some ways, is about being connected to psychology.
Being articulate, my parents could make anything sound reasonable.
I love black-and-white movies that are about contemporary subjects.
I think anxiety is dangerous, but it makes you think it's your friend.
It's near impossible to make a movie in black and white in the system.
If you don't feel good about something, you don't shake it off easily.
I didn't train in directing; I talk to actors the way I talk to anybody.
Even fairly serious moviegoers can't shake this shadow of the corporate world.
I've had times in my life when I really haven't been able to figure myself out.
I kind of live like a writer. I get up and I write. I've done that my whole life.
I read all the time. Sometimes I get asked if I've thought about writing a novel.
I wouldn't say 'Frances Ha' is autobiographical, but it's definitely very personal.
Manhattan is so tailored. It's driven by appealing to the very wealthy and tourists.
I'm always looking for overlooked post-Dylan singer-songwriter records from the '70s.
I like having associations with locations beyond their meaning for the specific movie.
It's kind of major, learning to drive. I feel like it kicked up other stuff in my life.
A lot of black-and-white films generally have a color version that will be used for TV.
That's the nice thing about collaborating with someone: Your work becomes a conversation.
Anyone who's putting money into your movie would always rather you cast well-known people.
It's always really special to be at the New York Film Festival, and always a real privilege.
I've always liked working with friends or, you know, people I have outside relationships with.
I find a lot of writing happens when you're not actually at the computer. So I carry a notebook.
You can be aware that something is idiosyncratic, and give it to a character, but keep doing it.
I've had great experiences or joyful experiences making a movie that people found very disturbing.
Defining yourself by your taste is easier than defining yourself by any genuine stance on something.
It's kind of a crazy art form, movies, in that you have to get it right the day you do it, generally.
When I start a movie, there will be certain films that I watch again just because the vibe seems right.
I like shooting in New York because I have such a connection to the city. I have so many memories there.
I think I was going through a lot of change at 27, but I didn't know it was happening until it was over.
How you start the movie is critical. And how often you feel that there's no reason for how it's starting.
I'm a huge proponent of therapy and analysis, but it's something that, in a nonprofessional way, can be abused.
Wes Anderson grew up in Houston, and he and I talk about Manhattan in similar ways, as a kind of fantasy world.
I watch movies all the time, so it's hard to pick certain specific directors that have inspired me in the aggregate.
There's always some generational-guys-hanging-out movie that is made every few years, I think, and some of them are great.
I try to write 'and it's all very funny' after each scene description so that the reader can imagine the movie in their head.
Other people have worked with big studios and maintained control over their movies. I see no reason why it wouldn't work for me.