I have a background in theater, so I have experience with actors. I like actors - I used to be one.

I do like escapism. I like going to the movies on a Friday night and seeing something fun.

The biggest thing that I came across, right off the bat, was that you can't shoot this like a regular movie with multiple takes. You have to, because it's such a protracted process, break it down to the frame and pretty much get one shot.

The conventional wisdom is - people say this all the time - you should only write something when you're far enough away from it that you can have a perspective. But that's not true. That's a story that you're telling. The truth of it is here, right now. It's the only truth that we ever know. And I'm interested in that truth and the confusion being part of the experience and sorting it your way through and figuring it out.

The passionate ones, the ones who go after what they want, may not get what they want, but they remain vital, in touch with themselves, and when they lie on their deathbeds, they have few regrets.

Everything is more complicated than you think. You only see a tenth of what is true.

I think I've had pretty good experiences for the most part with the people who have directed my screenplays.