I don't want to force somebody to talk about sensitive subjects if they're not into it, but at the very least, even if that's happening off camera, it's allowing everybody to be on the same level, and creates an atmosphere… — 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 to shape performances, coax performances out of them. It's more like I want to put them in situations… — 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 Image
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. So as a filmmaker, the stuff's always been really interesting to me, and I sort of considered a lot of my films horror films, the ones that were relationship dramas, because I feel like it was… — 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 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 of that stuff, to see if I could do a movie with some of those people. And I don't really write scripts myself, but if I read a script I thought was really great, I would totally be… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
