I learn a lot as a director from acting in other people's films and just in general. I want to try and… — Joe Swanberg Copy Share Image
I want to try and be as involved in the art of filmmaking as possible. I feel that the only way to… — Joe Swanberg Copy Share Image
In the pre-production process, I am emailing with the actors or jumping on the phone, and we're sort of figuring out who… — Joe Swanberg Copy Share Image
I do like the idea of doing something different, maybe doing something that's more like a genre film. And there are certain… — 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 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
