Max Winkler Quotes

Johnny Knoxville has such an incredible humanity to him when you meet him. He's so warm and so funny, and he can sort of get into trouble and you sort of forgive him immediately.

I keep saying this, but the most important part of directing is casting, and the rest of it is pretty easy.

I think Woody Allen calls it 'anxiety of influence.' When you're in your formative years and you watch a movie that makes you want to make movies ... For Wes Anderson, it's Truffaut. I'm sure for P.T. Anderson it was Scorsese and Jonathan Demme.

I don't read reviews, good or bad, just for my own sanity.

If anything I was probably loved and praised too much as a child. I think that's why I can't accept any compliments.

I don't mind talking about my dad because he's such a good dude.

I start with the music before I start writing the movie. It's such an important part for me, emotionally, to set up the tone for the movie.

I feel like there's a witch hunt by some film sites and people that immediately disregard something if it shows any sort of influence.

I acted in a couple friends's short films and thought I was gonna be really good and mysterious and sexy. And I was just terrible and self-aware.

I love my dad so much. I don't have that cool thing where I have dad issues.