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"Japan is the most intoxicating place for me. In Kyoto, there's an inn called the Tawaraya which is quite extraordinary. The Japanese culture fascinates me: the food, the dress, the manners and the traditions. It's the travel experience that has moved me the most."
"I am very much a person who appreciates perennial things. Things like a Lacoste shirt, a Clarks desert boot, Persol sunglasses and Vans shoes that have been the same forever. There are certain things that once you find it, you like it and it's done. I like Italian clothing, like suits from Battistoni and I have a shirt by Piero Albertelli."
"I like things that are hand made - but personally for a man, I'm not interested in fashion that evolves with time. I like things to be the same. For a woman I think it's fantastic to have things that are different - it's like a flower where every season there's some new exotic bloom."
"The director is the ultimate creative arbiter of what's going to happen. And as a director myself, you really appreciate collaborating with people who are trying to help you find what you need and what you want."
"In my films that I've directed, and my work in commercials and videos, I've rarely used handheld. It's just not something I'm drawn to, but I've seen it done very well."
"The more you travel, the better you get at it."
"Anything that you think is wild or fun, or can't wait to see or show your friends, go for it."
"I feel like I am very drawn to the short form stuff because it's just fun to be making something, and then, a week later, it's out. I will always be drawn to that kind of thing."
"Movies are very expensive endeavors, and my first film was not particularly a money-maker. Quite the opposite."
"As a director myself, you want to have colleagues and collaborators that respect your authority as the director. I'm very comfortable with that, and I've done a lot of work in second unit."
"To make personal movies that you are the author of, is quite a difficult thing. It takes a lot of stamina."
"Sometimes in writing you have difficult periods and then other times it just flows."
"When I'm in London, Claridge's is a great favourite. I'm a big fan of art deco architecture and the rooms are extraordinary."
"A movie that I'm involved with and have a lot of love for, which is On The Road, does use a lot of handheld. It can be done beautifully. I'm proud of that. It's a very beautiful movie."
"I would like to do more feature work. I intend to do that. To be really honest, it's an economic thing because when you make a film that doesn't make what it cost back, it's very difficult to get back in the ring."
"Relationship movies are often made for a female audience."
"Movies are magical. Sometimes it just works, it catalyzes, and everything falls into place, and no one knows exactly how or why."
"It's not just people in Hollywood: I'm sure everyone in the world thinks, 'What would be it like if I won an Oscar?"
"I grew up in San Francisco and moved to L.A. about 20 years ago, and now my main home is in Hollywood."
"Film is like eating to me. It feels completely natural."