It's mind-altering when you slip into someone else's shoes. That's psychedelic, man.

I want to be done, and actually, go "I had a good run. No regrets. I'm ready to step aside."

The turmoil that my dad went through, and then by extension, the kids went though, was profound and disastrous for the marriage, for the family.

I'm not crazy about being out of control, and I get emotional when things are unclean. When things are out of order. When things are messy. Because I lived in a mess as a child.

It's in our nature to be intrigued. We're putting the bread crumb not in your mouth but close to your mouth. You reach a little bit, and that's why it works.

I enjoy storytelling. I like to write it, I like to direct it, I like to act in it, I like to produce it. I like to be around storytellers. That's what excites me.

As a director you come in and tell the actors how good they are.