Most filmmaking is about shaking hands and just starting.

I direct, and I make movies I can't finance. I can't raise money. I can't sell anything. I make things.

The last day of your life is still going to be a day.

My job is going to be to direct the film - I'm going to do it. And that's where my job ends.

I don't want to live anywhere where I'm breathing two million cars' fumes and paying a zillion dollars for the right to be totally hassled.

I don't need to push myself. I don't need to sharpen my own knife and slit my throat. I'm trying to chill it and find an equilibrium and a balance to my work.

I was raised a Catholic and when you're raised a Catholic they don't teach you to think for yourself. You're taught not to think too deeply about things.