I don't think anybody chooses to be an underdog.

People's attention spans are a little shorter these days. Same thing with food and movies.

You can't knock a place where you realized your dreams.

The independent film business is pretty much gone. Now you can do it in a format where you actually get to develop a character over a period of time.

I'm really influenced by Southern novelists, not many movie people. More like John Faulkner, William Faulkner, Erskine Caldwell, Flannery O'Connor, John Steinbeck, and people like that.

These days and times you can't do eclectic records. In the '60s you could, but not anymore.

When people wear shoes that don't fit them, it says something about their soul. Generally, I think it means they are good people.