Neil Burger

To me, the movie is about power.

— Neil Burger

I think we all want something to knock us on the head and change our lives.

— Neil Burger

On one hand it's very flattering to be compared to a big success, and then sometimes it's very frustrating because you want…

— Neil Burger

I really love New York, and I've lived here for a long time. I know not just the different neighborhoods but the…

— Neil Burger

I always think about what's the difference between being tenacious and having an inability to learn from failures. The difference between the…

— Neil Burger

But at a certain point you've gotta be ruthless with the movie because you can have these great scenes, but they aren't…

— Neil Burger

When I was younger, I wanted to own a circus and create this bizarre revue that went from town to town. I…

— Neil Burger

Sometimes I feel like just to get all my own work done would be great. You always feel like you're behind, and…

— Neil Burger

If a character is going to end up one way, you start them a certain way. If they're gonna end up the…

— Neil Burger

When I was younger, I wanted to own a circus and create this bizarre revue that went from town to town. And,…

— Neil Burger

I know the movies that I've liked, and I know the experience that they've given me, so the goal is always to…

— Neil Burger

I'm working on a number of different things. I'm working on a couple of TV things and I'm working on a couple…

— Neil Burger

It's like you might have some great scene that you love but for some reason - and you can't necessarily put your…

— Neil Burger

I think it worked two ways. One, a lot of people writing about the movie used that as shorthand and it could…

— Neil Burger

At a certain point, I got interested in set design for the theater. I was interested in architecture, but I was taking…

— Neil Burger