Making movies is about creating illusions, and they can be subtle illusions, but it's all a cumulative effect as you make these little tweaks. It kinda adds up to something, hopefully.

One of the things that I find so exciting about life is that you're constantly surprised. You never know what's going to happen, and it's certainly like that making movies; every once in a while, one will come along that transcends all of your expectations.

It can kind of screw up things if you're trying to overwork something.

In life and in movies, it's a similar challenge, where you have expectations, and you end up in situations that are not meeting your expectations.

I'm used to watching old movies of myself.

Sometimes I think about retiring but not stopping work. Just 're-tiring' - put on some new tires and go on to do something else.