Now I'm kind of established as a director, I much prefer directing to writing.
When I started out, nobody gave me scripts, so I had to write...
I'm a big boy now, and I have to deliver.
My hometown was one of the major U.S. Air Force bases.
Meanwhile, the Ice Storm was still in development, And that was something I really wanted to do, and frankly I don't think I was ready to do a big production like this.
These days I'm mostly familiar with two parts of L.A.: one is movie culture, and the other is Asian culture. The Westside is work, and the Eastside is Chinese - which means my friends.