Directing, I get all kinds of inspiration. It's working with people. It's a lot more fun.

I think a lot of people do big movies not because they are talented artists but because they can function in the circumstances.

Fighting for identity is something that is very much in my life.

When you talk about God, the first thing that comes along is not love, it's fear. You have to fear, and be in awe. You have to be scared. Any religion, it's like first thing.

Many times when you make a movie, it feels like your biggest mistake. But even if a film isn't a hit, you shouldn't view it as a mistake.

I'm a drifter and an outsider. There's not one single environment I can totally belong to.

I have a lot of repression. So repression is what I make movies about.