I came to New York, and it was a really cool time. People like Jim Jarmusch and Spike Lee were making their first movies, and they were making movies that were personal narratives.

I came to New York, and it was a really cool time. People like Jim Jarmusch and Spike Lee were making their first movies, and they were making movies that were personal narratives.

It's humiliating to have to explain your value.

I always say, what really makes a movie commercial is that it makes its money back.

I think that when you're doing an under-four-million-dollar movie, you just can't throw money at the problems.

Ultimately when I throw myself behind a movie, I have to really believe in that directors vision.

My first job, honestly, was as a proofreader. I say that a little disparagingly, but it actually was this sort of incredible thing, where I got this job proofreading for a cable television magazine.