I still think that being thrown in a very competitive environment where you really have to see what you are made of - certainly when you come out of nowhere - was good for me.

It becomes an extension of your imagination to make something tangible and concrete.

I love visual stylists like Bob Fosse and Vincente Minnelli and Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger with The Red Shoes and The Tales of Hoffman.

There are the relationships you make. All of the friends I made in grad school are the closest ones that I have.

As a fine artist I was drawn to composition and technique. I would count the cuts.

The fun of directing for me, other than working with the actors, is trying to extract those ideas that you have in your head and make them real.

I still think that being thrown in a very competitive environment where you really have to see what you are made of - certainly when you come out of nowhere - was good for me.