I'm not a big fan of talking about dying. And then I make a movie where I kill everybody.

As barbaric is we are, it's a miracle we haven't blown ourselves off the face of the earth so far.

I don't care if I get $50 million to do a film.

Even if you're a poet sitting in your room writing a poem, you're still in the world - although I guess being a poet is a different than having to deal with 40 or 50 people to raise a couple million bucks and all that bullshit.

Certain actors wanna get paid, they think working in a low-budget movie is being ripped off. But for others it's like, 'Yes, let's do it.'

I'm about my characters.

Most filmmaking is about shaking hands and just starting.