The easiest and most accessible emotion is rage.

The desert feels Irish in a way - lonely and barren. If someone said, 'Think of a happy place for you,' I'd say a glacial plane near the South Pole, the wind howling, nobody in sight, a shack with a pot-belly stove and some tea.

It didn't get into Sundance although I showed a rough cut which is a mistake to all filmmakers out there.

The easiest and most accessible emotion is rage.

I did a pilot for HBO, called One Percent, that they didn't end up picking up, but it was a pretty intense and dramatic piece.

I have 52 first cousins. My mom and dad were the only two to move to North America, so I've got deep family there, but I'm a California kid.

Then I did The Tao of Steve and that was at Sundance in 2000 where it did really well.