Adam Scott sings like a bird... He's so bad. He's so bad.

Directing on a 90-day schedule, whether for a TV series or a feature film, it's crazy; it's a marathon.

'Sharp Objects' was scary, unknown territory for me. I wouldn't pick this kind of material to direct if you just gave me the book. Amy Adams was the force that drove me in.

Trust the acting.

I'm a writer and director, and I like to do that, but for some reason, it's become part of the industry and part of the job to go, 'Alright, let's talk about it!'

When you move handheld, and the director of photography has the courage to shoot with no lights, the set becomes a space of creativity and freedom where actors can move wherever they want to move.

It's tough to work with kids. Kids are animals!

I think we give too much importance to artists talking about the art and the film and the books and the plays and the music - it's done; the material is there. But we talk about it because it's part of the game. I'm comfortable with it.

Rock was my thing. It influences me and moves me, and it's music that gives me ideas or wings to fly and to make films.

I only made one film with a score, and I hate it. I hate the score of that film. It's not coming from me. I had nothing to do with it.