I Want My Movies To

Each One Of My Films Is Personal; Each One Of My Films Is Emotionally Autobiographical. And I Like Directors Who Do That.

And As A Director, You Make 1,000 Decisions A Day, Mostly Binary Decisions: Yes Or No, This One Or That One, The Red One Or The Blue One, Faster Or Slower. And It's The Culmination Of Those Decisions That Define The Tone Of The Film And Whether Or Not It Moves People.

And The Biggest Improvement I See Between 'up In The Air' And 'juno' And 'thank You For Smoking' Is That 'up In The Air' Deals With The Complicated Human Stuff In A Way That My Other Films Have Not. It's A More Articulated Film, And Because Of That, I'm Most Proud Of It.

As Far As Writing, I Like Watching Bad Movies. Nothing Stops Me In My Tracks More Than Watching A Great Film Like 'the Godfather' Or 'dog Day Afternoon' Or 'the Graduate.' You Watch One Of Those, And You Never Want To Write Again. Whereas With Bad Movies, It Makes You Think, If That Counts, I Certainly Could Write.

Comedy And Horror Are Cousins; They're Related. They Both Come From Storytellers Who Want To Specifically Affect The Audience And Elicit Specific Reactions During The Movie.