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I always believed that you can make challenging films, but they should be fiscally responsible.

Being the son of a filmmaker, you are aware of a career as a director. You don't think of it as just movies, but as a life.

When I write a film, all I think about is where the thing ends and how to get the audience there.

Discover how little you know ... about the people you know.

Creating a wonderful drama is an art form, while comedy is just entertainment.

Really, it's the director's job to disappear and allow the movie to just feel.

I don't want to make films that give you the answer. If there is a message to my films - and I hope there isn't - it's to be open-minded.

When characters change on screen, it makes you feel better about yourself. You think, 'Oh I change too, I'm constantly becoming a better person.'

There are only so many movies you can direct. And yet there are movies that I want to make sure make it to the screen in as honest a way as possible.

I find nice people kind of boring.

I have one of the original 'Ghostbusters' guns in my house.

'Election' is a movie I'd give a leg to cross the director's name out and put mine in.

Most people see a documentary about the meat industry and then they become a vegetarian for a week.

I went to college, I went pre-med, I thought I was going to be a doctor.

I'm too big a fan of rhythm and editing. I'd much rather my editing be brave than my shooting.

I am an obsessive flyer, myself.

I'm really specific in the way that I shoot. I've always had a very good sense of what I need in the editing room.

I think, through comedy, sometimes we're allowed to discuss things that you'd never be able to talk about in a drama.

I'm a kind of private guy.

I don't know why I'm drawn to anti-heroes, but I certainly am.

My writing voice is very much like 'Thank You for Smoking.' It's a guy's voice. It's very masculine.

What I do feel is that 'Up in the Air' is the most indicative film of 2009. It is the portrait of 2009.

It's funny, I can sit through the worst horror film ever made but even a quite good romantic comedy can drive me nuts.

I want my movies to be audience experiences. As much as I like Michael Haneke, I'm not going to make a Haneke film. That's just not in my DNA.

I really enjoy theater. I just went to see 'Death of a Salesman,' and it knocked me on my ass.

Each one of my films is personal; each one of my films is emotionally autobiographical. And I like directors who do that.

I've always had an underdog perspective.

I want my audiences to be as open-minded as my characters.