To me, the screenplay only becomes the Bible of the film after the actors have been cast.

I know that some great actors can transform, and that's fine. But I come from the school of thought that people put a version of themselves in their films.

I'm such a fan of actors, and also enjoy watching them work, so that I can help their acting in any way I can.

You want to be entertaining to some degree. But honesty is always entertaining to me.

Whether I'm writing the script, or someone else writes the initial draft, I'm always an actor's director first. I always try to listen to them a lot, and try to put their voices into their character.

I spent a lot of time making music and touring around the country and living the weird life. I was just trying to keep a job and get by. So in a lot of ways, I went through a strange version of film school. So you live through a lot of things, and put them into your work.

I was too crazy in my teenage years and I wasn't doing anything that made any sense.