For a filmmaker, it's a rare chance to do a personal film on a big canvas.

Sometimes, you have to get angry to get things done.

Mostly it's like, I get inspired by something and I want to learn that part of filmmaking, I want to delve into that kind of depth. And leading, also, a lot of people. A lot of people, for two years of their life they follow me, and they believe what I believe in. So that's some responsibility and I'd like to make it worth the effort.

I grew up pretty peacefully, in that Eastern way. You easily solve problems, believe in harmony. Reduce conflicts, take orders until one day you give orders.

I think the American West really attracts me because it's romantic. The desert, the empty space, the drama.

I'm just a pretty regular dad.

My hometown was one of the major U.S. Air Force bases.