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You finish a project and start looking for something that might interest you. A lot of the films I've made are a reaction to something I've done right before.

I don't know if there's a particular project, but one movie that I was really disappointed I didn't get to work on was Judd Apatow's 'Walk Hard.'

There was a point of frustration, where I thought I should just take a film, even though I didn't want to. I was impatient with being at home. But I hung on to the approach I've always had, which is to wait for a project that I could contribute something unique to.

I'd love to have another film to go on to. I'm in the mood to work. But I have to be patient, you know, to find that particular kind of project. Occasionally I'll write one myself if I can summon up the energy.

Usually, with me, the project is always the second thing. The film-maker comes first. Films grow out of the relationship.

For me, it was a lot of pressure to make another movie after 'Inglourious Basterds' because I didn't want to do something wrong. I wanted to have a beautiful project for another American movie.

Every time I've crossed to a new level of film acting, the film has been a breakthrough project.

Every film I do, I'm involved with from the very conception of the project.

Luck, I never looked to make difficult movies on purpose. You make the films you can make.

Film is the toughest one for me, as there are many fingers in the pot, so it can be disappointing. However, to have your work seen on such a large scale, that's a very exciting prospect.