David Lowery

My wife and I, we knew each other back in 2001 but had fallen out of touch. One day, I had a dream about her and wrote her a note on Facebook - I was living in L.A. at the time - and that turned into six months of just letter-writing. It started off with Facebook messages and turned into emails and eventually became actual hand-written letters. ”

I can't watch my movies at their premieres - I learned that lesson the hard way. ”

I don't like being pessimistic. I don't like living my life with a nihilistic mindset. ”

I love taking something that is understood to be funny or charming or sweet or naive and instilling it with some degree of gravity. ”

I take a great deal of value in things that are done by hand or executed by hand. ”

I think there is a value in leaving the world a little better off, and movies can do that in a minor way. ”

I have a very short attention span, which is funny. I mean, you'd watch me and think that I don't, but I actually do. ”

Dramas are incredibly compelling. I feel like 'Silver Linings Playbook' is a drama, but because it's funny, people market it as a comedy. ”

I have so many aspirations and interests that would not fit within the Disney brand. I need to make sure I'm engaging those proclivities as well. ”

I like being able to go to the cinema and sit and spend time observing something without thinking about plot or what one character is saying. I feel like I'm able to connect on a much more profound level. ”