I couldn't sleep one night and I was sitting in my office and I realized that I was an independent filmmaker.

But steady-cams are very different than hand-helds, because hand-held gives you that verite feel.

For too long we have been taking, and the Earth has been giving. But that free-for-all, that all-you-can-eat buffet, it's over. The salad bar is closed.

Right after I did 'The Fountain,' I wanted to go make a documentary or something that was less constructed - more natural. I was searching for a project, and sniffing around, 'The Wrestler' fit right in

I try to live my life where I end up at a point where I have no regrets. So I try to choose the road that I have the most passion on because then you can never really blame yourself for making the wrong choices. You can always say you're following your passion.

Comic books and graphic novels are a great medium. It's incredibly underused.

As filmmakers, we can show where a person's mind goes, as opposed to theater, which is more to sit back and watch it.