“FLETCHER: The truth is I dont think people understand what it is I did at Shaffer. I wasnt there to conduct. Any idiot can move his hands and keep people in tempo. No, its about pushing people beyo...”

“When someone is playing drums, they aren't actually moving around a space; they're just moving their arms and limbs. They're stuck behind the drum set. So to film someone playing the drums and make...”

“I love movies where you can sense that the director risked biting off more than they can chew.”

“The go-to reflex all over Hollywood is still likeability. I've always had a problem with it because I think I have a weird barometer in the sense that some of the characters I've cared about the mo...”

“I find L.A. kind of romantic, actually. As a movie junkie, it's a city that was built by the movies. There's something really weird and surreal about it that I find energizing.”

“I like movies that are specific. Movies that home in on a very specific subculture, a specific discipline, a specific world.”

“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.”

“Have enough courage to trust love one more time and always one more time.”

“Healing starts the moment you accept the truth about what has happened. But healing doesnt come quickly. When you know that death or pain has come, you face a moment when you stare that pain in the...”