I did all sorts of cartoons and stuff. And every once in a while I still do. It's rare, but it happens.

Fame is one of the potential hazards of this job, but I really just want to make movies. I want to be respected, sure. Who doesnt? But famous-famous? I just dont care about it. And if you genuinely dont give a damn about that stuff, you really are free.

I guess I just would never be so arrogant as to think that anybody would even recognize me. I didn't even think about it.

I was watching Orson Welles and Jean Vigo films at a ridiculously young age.

Now I write often. I decided that I need to write for myself - I can't really direct other people's material.

I actually was doing ghostwriting jobs since I was 17 years old, so I've been supporting myself off and on with writing jobs for almost 10 years. But those were all things that I did off the books. And now I do a lot more writing on the books.

Basically, if I ever went and worked on a crime drama or something, it was usually just for the work.