I had written a script called 'Freed,' which I had wanted to direct.

Everything I've ever written, I had a very distinct vision of what I wanted it to look like. But, other directors never do it that way.

A script like 'Nightcrawler' gives me an opportunity to truly realize a vision that's mine, which is exciting.

The friends we have, these are choices that - unlike family, which we have no choice in, and I love my family, thank God - we've given ourselves, to some degree.

I find Los Angeles to be a place of great physical beauty, in which you have the oceans and the mountains, and there's a vertical sense and a desert light that you can see forever.

I had heard about the nightcrawling world, and I'm very aware that there are tens of millions of young people around the world who are facing bleak employment prospects.