Paris is a place where, for me, just walking down a street that I’ve never been down before is like going to a movie...
Anytime I make a movie, I really have absolutely no idea how it’s going to go over. I’ve had the whole range of different kinds of reactions.
The movies I make tend not to be quite reality but the characters are inspired by real people and they’re always very personal.
A lot of people have said my movies are all the same. But I don’t actually make an effort to have a style. I’m usually just thinking of what can we do to make it funnier or more interesting or just kind of refine it and it ends up like that.
Working with kids is usually very fun. They get so into movie and they’re up for anything. Usually they’re having such an exciting experience, everybody feels that.
What happened to your hand? It got hit by a mirror. How’d that happen? I lost my temper at myself.
With each movie I have a different set of inspirations.
I love working with actors. That’s what the set really is, for me. It’s my time with the actors.
I don’t think any of us are normal people.
I would like to do a movie in space, but I think it would be difficult to do it on location.
You don’t do background music the way a lot of more conventional films do. The music is often kind of a character in your films to the extent that sometimes you stop and watch someone perform a song.