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Films are always pretentious. There's nothing more pretentious than a filmmaker.

My advice to young film-makers is this: don't follow trends, start them!

Hollywood, young or otherwise, is a very trend-driven town, and that can get a little out of hand at times. I just try to stay true to my own personal taste - incorporating my personality while not taking myself too seriously.

I don't like pretentious films or pretentious people.

There are a lot of things that come to bear on movies now that I don't think are good for movies. They're trying to appeal to the biggest demographic and, when they do that, you sometimes flatten out.

The worst thing for a filmmaker is for a film to be labeled as pretentious or heavy-handed.

I've read a lot of fiction from writers just starting out, and the dialogue is a little bit forced, or it's almost too teenager-y, or too slang-y or putting too much technology or trends in there. I try to stay pretty trend-neutral. I try not to mention too many current bands or current TV shows.

When you grow up on film, people sometimes have difficulties accepting the fact that you are growing up. They always imagine you younger.

Obviously there's something very seductive about movies, which can be attractive in a bad way if you're doing them for the wrong reasons - for money, or for fame.

What I don't like are pompous, pretentious movies.