I think people are willing to take more of a risk on an indie film, about character, etc...but at the same time, when I work on projects that are substantially bigger, in a way they do feel small. Even though the catering is way better and we actually have someone shooting with real film.... The budgets are bigger but the story still feels small, like an indie film.

I always think back to the original movies and to those quieter moments where Luke is out in A New Hope, and there are the two suns setting. It is the equivalent, basically, of a farm boy dying to get out of his small town and do something bigger. It's those kinds of universal themes that ground this whole thing in space.

Through theater and acting school, I found a way to articulate myself.

I'm not an acting monk or anything. I'm not, like, the most well-adjusted actor.

It was very clear to me I wanted to be an actor when I got out into civilian life.

For me, becoming a man had a lot to do with learning communication, and I learned about that by acting.

I always found something strangely paternal about the director-actor relationship. Actors want so much approval.