I dont find myself lobbying for projects. Filmmakers almost always come to me.
Carefully execute every instruction given to you by the director, producer, and studio. But that would be a life not worth living.
I think being a little nuts is helpful.
On Being John Malkovich and the cinema of the absurd, I do enjoy it. I wish there were more like it. The very fact that there can't be more like it is one of the reasons it's admirable.
I prefer a life in which we don't take ourselves too seriously.
When the systems we expect to help us actually hurt us, we have tragedy.
If someone suddenly lost their director the day before shooting and wanted me to step in, I'd be willing to. But I'd do brain surgery the same way. I'm always up for something new.
Conducting, I tried it once off the cuff, and quickly realized there were subtle aspects that I was missing. There is a lot more to it that I was able to grasp simply by watching conductors.
I just love the sheer mess of New York.
In mainstream romantic comedies, I'm usually tearing my hair out. It's just a devastatingly difficult genre for me.
There is not much irony when people are being happy on screen.
I don't generally find myself listening to the music of a film unless there's something awfully wrong with it.
