It's very difficult to have any kind of romantic feelings for a movie where you know exactly what's going to happen in… — Joe Swanberg Copy Share Image
I'm interested in taking things from my relationship that I don't see on screen - or that I feel like that could… — Joe Swanberg Copy Share Image
I always loved the work. As soon as I finished a movie, the most exciting thing to do was to try to… — Joe Swanberg Copy Share Image
It's really easy to finish a movie and sort of immediately dive into the next one, because I love working with actors… — Joe Swanberg Copy Share Image
The really cool thing is all about being able to take your movie around and show it. It puts you in direct… — Joe Swanberg Copy Share Image
Am I doing the movie because I'm really excited about it and want to do it, or am I doing it because… — Joe Swanberg Copy Share Image
There are people I'm drawn to that you just can't do a tiny, no-budget movie with. I would like to pursue some… — Joe Swanberg Copy Share Image
I've never been able to develop a movie over several years, and keep coming back to it and adding to it. I… — Joe Swanberg Copy Share Image
On a really big budget movie you do chemistry reads, and you sort of hedge your bets a little bit more and… — Joe Swanberg Copy Share Image
A lot of the people I'm working with are not actors, or it's their first time in a movie. I'm not trying… — Joe Swanberg Copy Share Image
It's really easy to finish a movie and sort of immediately dive into the next one, because I love working with actors so much… — Joe Swanberg Copy Share
I think there's been a gigantic shift in the way we talk to each other, and the way that we communicate with each other.… — Joe Swanberg Copy Share
I want to communicate with people, and I want to make something that works, and that people like. I'm never purposefully trying to be… — Joe Swanberg Copy Share
There are people I'm drawn to that you just can't do a tiny, no-budget movie with. I would like to pursue some of that… — Joe Swanberg Copy Share
I'm usually two projects ahead. It's hard for me because I don't have a really long attention span. — Joe Swanberg Copy Share
During improvisations, I'll hear people bringing back up details from something I heard about at breakfast or something somebody was saying that they were… — Joe Swanberg Copy Share
My directing is really weird. Everything is based on whether it's working or not. I don't try to fix something if it's not working,… — Joe Swanberg Copy Share
For a lot of people, you get cramped making decisions together and living together and every other thing that starts to happen. I just… — Joe Swanberg Copy Share
I think in general I personally have a tendency to protect other people's feelings, and I've noticed that becomes a major hindrance to communication.… — Joe Swanberg Copy Share
My relationship with my wife is fraught with all of the problems that any couples face, but there is a sense of humor that… — Joe Swanberg Copy Share
I'm a pretty hands-off director. I let people try things, and if it gets over-jokey, then I'll try and rein it in a little… — Joe Swanberg Copy Share
I don't have an agent. I don't take meetings or anything like that, so I don't really know what's out there. I'm not closed… — Joe Swanberg Copy Share
I learn a lot as a director from acting in other people's films and just in general. — Joe Swanberg Copy Share
I think I'll try to keep working in film for a little bit. There's something still kind of magical about it, that I don't… — Joe Swanberg Copy Share
In the 10 years that I've been a professional filmmaker, the film part of the film industry is really disappearing, right in front of… — Joe Swanberg Copy Share
