I'm not a comic book guy at all.

I think people are people and, if their feelings are truthful, they can connect. It doesn't matter if you're an aging, 50-something wrestler at the end of his career, or an ambitious, 20-something ballet dancer.

I had some big ups and downs when I was in my 20s and the one thing I learned was, no matter how low it gets, something good will come along - something always comes out of that dark period.

I only want to work with actors that really get it and make it work. I didn't want it to be a star-driven thing anymore.

I'm Godless. And so I've had to make my God, and my God is narrative filmmaking, which is -- ultimately what my God becomes, which is what my mantra becomes, is the theme.

Every film had its own grammar. And it's your job as a director to basically figure out a language to tell a story.

My god is narrative filmmaking.