My favorite types of movies to watch as a viewer are thrillers – I really have a soft spot for them, I love them. Especially psychological thrillers. Alex Karpovsky Read Quote
I’m from Boston, and I get easily overwhelmed in New York, so I go to Boston and stay with my parents for a few months at a time to write, or edit, or just to cry. Alex Karpovsky Read Quote
If you film a scene in a wide shot, especially a disturbing, distressing moment, I do feel like that helps you feel as though you’re the room with these people, instead of cutting it up and getting close – which you wouldn’t be doing if you were actually in a room with these people. Alex Karpovsky Read Quote
Rubberneck’ has nothing to do with comedy, nor does it follow comedic people. Alex Karpovsky Read Quote
I try to preserve whatever balance society has between public and personal life. I never try to eat on the subway. I never try to listen to loud music on the subway. Alex Karpovsky Read Quote
What I like in comedies are really two things: stories that are character-driven and stories that are rooted in authenticity. Alex Karpovsky Read Quote
To feel nervous; to feel threatened and vulnerable and alive and engaged in that sense when interacting with someone you’re really attracted to? I think that’s wonderful. That’s usually the best part. In fact, it’s almost always downhill from there. Alex Karpovsky Read Quote
I like directing myself; I feel like it’s one less person to give notes to. There’s an efficiency in it. I’m also kind of a control freak. So I like the fact that it gives me more control in the overall picture. Alex Karpovsky Read Quote
If I only acted, I feel like I wouldn’t have enough creative expression over my own sensibility, and also if I only acted, the notion of surrendering my fate and future to other people is deeply unsettling to me and it would make me uncomfortable. Alex Karpovsky Read Quote
