I still have energy and some degree of youth, which is what a filmmaker needs.

I like actors who, when you see them on screen, you sense a person, not just an actor.

Adult movies with any artistic credit are released in the last quarter of the year and expected to gird for battle for Globes and Oscars. So the films aren't being seen just for themselves, but rather in a competitive context.

What is filmmaking but groping in the dark?

But it's just that the whole country is making generally lousy films these days and has been for quite a while. That's the big problem that we all have to think about.

I don't want all of American cinema to be big cartoons that are just made to be digested by the entire world.

Just because I make films doesn't mean I think they're great. I just make them and then when I'm done with them I'm just a filmgoer like I always am. They're all lessons. I'm still in film school, honestly. And this one is just a dry run for whatever the next one is.