I hadn't done just a straight-out comedy in a long time, just letting an ensemble do really good character acting, having them carry the movie as in my earlier pictures.
I've been obsessed with this kind of visual storytelling for quite a while, and I try to create material that allows me to explore it.
Well, I just think through your career you go through different phases, and I just got sort of uninspired by the whole studio process of making and releasing films.
Yeah, I had an idea to make a very scary movie, based on a kind of serial murderer that preys on tourists.
However, I spent most of my time in a Quaker school.
However, ironically, I was baptized Presbyterian, and went to a Quaker school for twelve years.