I want to do films and have my name mentioned next to Wes Anderson and Quentin Tarantino. I don't want my name mentioned next to other rappers at all. Read Summary
I started to do stop-motion when I was a kid. You take a Super 8 and make some models, and move, click, move, click. All that. I love all forms of animation, but there is something unique and special to stop-motion: it's more real and the set is lit like a set. But I think it's also a kind of lonely and dark thing to want to do. Read Summary
It's like getting into film - I didn't say early on, 'I'm going to become a filmmaker,' 'I'm going to show my work at MoMA.' When you start to think those things, you're in trouble. Read Summary
You can only be yourself, and it sounds cheesy, but when it comes to filmmaking, there's really nowhere to hide. Read Summary
You want to be a writer? Start writing. You want to be a filmmaker? Start shooting stuff on your phone right now. Read Summary
When I'm making a film, I'm the audience. Read Summary
More personal films, you could make them, but your budgets would be cut down. Read Summary
I'm an older generation. Read Summary
People want to classify and say, 'OK, this is a gangster film.' 'This is a Western.' 'This is a... ' You know? It's easy to classify and it makes people feel comfortable, but it doesn't matter, it doesn't really matter. Read Summary
Oftentimes, when we think of 3D, we think of things coming out of the screen, but actually, you've got this zero, this negative space, what they call the negative space, which is the scene, what's being filmed in the positive space of the audience. As you can have things come out, you can have all of this depth. Read Summary
And of course to work with Jack Nicholson and Diane Keaton, and work with a wonderful, beautiful script directed by Nancy Meyers, it was really for me a dream come true. Read Summary
Currently computer graphics are used a great deal, but it can be excessive. Read Summary
I can't do a film after having debated it. I am unable to do a film while discussing it with my team. I issue directives. I do not achieve it otherwise. Read Summary
I knew Billy Wilder socially and would have loved to work with him. Read Summary
All my pictures are built around the idea of getting in trouble and so giving me the chance to be desperately serious in my attempt to appear as a normal little gentleman. Read Summary