Joe Swanberg

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

I think there's been a gigantic shift in the way we talk to each other, and the way that we communicate with…

— Joe Swanberg

I want to communicate with people, and I want to make something that works, and that people like. I'm never purposefully trying…

— Joe Swanberg

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

I'm usually two projects ahead. It's hard for me because I don't have a really long attention span.

— Joe Swanberg

During improvisations, I'll hear people bringing back up details from something I heard about at breakfast or something somebody was saying that…

— Joe Swanberg

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…

— Joe Swanberg

For a lot of people, you get cramped making decisions together and living together and every other thing that starts to happen.…

— Joe Swanberg

I think in general I personally have a tendency to protect other people's feelings, and I've noticed that becomes a major hindrance…

— Joe Swanberg

My relationship with my wife is fraught with all of the problems that any couples face, but there is a sense of…

— Joe Swanberg

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…

— Joe Swanberg

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…

— Joe Swanberg

I learn a lot as a director from acting in other people's films and just in general.

— Joe Swanberg

I think I'll try to keep working in film for a little bit. There's something still kind of magical about it, that…

— Joe Swanberg

In the 10 years that I've been a professional filmmaker, the film part of the film industry is really disappearing, right in…

— Joe Swanberg

I do some freelance web design stuff. I taught a directing class for this not-for-profit organization here in Chicago a couple months…

— Joe Swanberg

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

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

There's something really nice about missing the person you're with. To have someone be apart enough to force independence and to also…

— Joe Swanberg

If you're a working mom, you're still expected to be a super-mom at home, buy organic food, put dinner on the table…

— Joe Swanberg

I've done a lot of movies that don't have any music in them, and I've always sort of had a kind of…

— Joe Swanberg

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

[Having bigger budget] allowed me to be a full-time filmmaker for a couple months and not have to have a day job…

— Joe Swanberg

I always loved the work. As soon as I finished a movie, the most exciting thing to do was to try to…

— Joe Swanberg

The really cool thing is all about being able to take your movie around and show it. It puts you in direct…

— Joe Swanberg