I make my living doing freelance directing for North American television shot in Toronto, series like Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Twilight Zone, and so forth.

Sometimes you think you want to know something, but it's actually more exciting and more resonant when you have to try [and figure it out].

Try to produce your own films, avoid directing for hire.

I wanted to make sure that the environment of the shooting itself was not that controlled, and the way to go about that course was to work with as small a crew as possible.

We're lucky to be making films. My crew and I have been working together for a long time. I think that that's what emanates.

As a producer, I think one of the most important decisions you make is not necessarily the material you are working on but the production apparatus that you choose to develop the project with, and that determines what funding you go to, it determines many factors.

The directing process is often a continuation of the writing. This is just a different skill-set.