I really fight hard to make things film where they're supposed to be filmed. If something is supposed to be in New York, then it has to be in New York.
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If movies are set in New York, they really should be shot in New York.
I love filming in New York. I love New York movies, too. I just like it when people can take New York and make it their own, because there are so many different New Yorks.
I live in New York City, the stories of my films take place in New York; I'm a New York filmmaker.
It's an odd thing to go to New York to shoot a movie that is set in Indiana.
Well, it's a little harder in New York. It's not as forgiving to a film crew. You hold up a bunch of New Yorkers who can't cross the street, they're not going to take it well. Southern California? They'll wait. It's cool man. In New York, they're like, 'Are you kidding me? I gotta get to work.'
New York is the perfect place for a film festival because there's already so much energy and life here, and New Yorkers love movies.
New York is a character, all on its own, and whenever you film there, it becomes part of the show. That's just the nature of being there.
You can shoot a film in New York without seeing the Empire State Building. Or Starbucks... although the latter is much less realistic.
I think because I've maintained my residence in New York, those kinds of films have been more accessible.
I love filming in London. In New York, every street is familiar because you have seen it in a movie. They mythologise their own city. You're forever trying to get down streets that have been blocked off because of shooting. In London, they don't put up with it; they're grumpy.
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