"I remember John Waters's 'Pink Flamingos,' that was the film where I realized you could do anything ..." — Sam Levinson

I can only get to a certain point as I write and then I have individual conversations with everyone that I cast. I always do a rewrite based on the conversations.

I don't design stories to fit some political ideology. I design stories about characters who I love and care about, while trying to make sense of an increasingly mad and toxic and insane world.

Sometimes you can just have a dialogue with an actor beforehand and shape the performance then, but other actors need more guidance on the set.

When we go to the cinema, we bring all of our preconceptions of actors with us.