I Want My Movies To

Filmmaking Is Finding A Piece Of Granite And You Start To Chip Away And Then You Have The Shape Of A Head, The Shape Of The Arm, You Can See The Shape Of The Face And The Face Starts To Gather Character. You Have To Find It.

What I Do Feel Is That 'up In The Air' Is The Most Indicative Film Of 2009. It Is The Portrait Of 2009.

I'm Trying To Figure Myself Out Through My Movies. Whether It's Big Stuff Like What We're Doing Here, Or Little Stuff Like Why Aren't I Happier? With Every Film I Feel Like I'm Apologising For Something. I Feel I'm Most Successful When I'm Looking For Something That Embarrasses Me About My Character That I'd Like To Expose.

I Think Romance Is A Tool, Comedy Is A Tool And Drama Is A Tool. I Really Just Want To Tell Stories That Challenge The Viewer, Move People, Make You Laugh, Perhaps Push An Idea About Being Open-minded But Never Settle On A Genre Or An Opinion. I Hate Genre. I Like Movies That Are Original In Their Approach.

I'd Done Table Reads For My Own Screenplays, And I Always Thought They Were So Much Fun. Why Couldn't We Do These For Other Classic Screenplays And Bring Them To Life? You Can Experience Live Theater, Where You Get To See Plays Produced By Different Directors And Different Casts, But There's Really Nothing Like That For Movie Scripts.