But at a certain point, you have to take your influence and find your own voice if you want to become a relevant artist.

I'd been offered TV series over the years and never had any interest in doing television. I'm not a TV guy.

I suffer from Irish-Catholic guilt. Guilt is a good reality check. It keeps that ‘do what makes you happy’ thing in check.

Quite honestly, it's too tough to get your movies made and then also to get out there and sell them.

Maybe I should have taken a few chances. That's not to say I want to go make Star Wars, but I need to shift my career into the studio world. That's where my head was at when I thought of the original plot.

Brothers McMullen' would not be picked up for theatrical distribution now.

I mean the cool thing about the movies is that you get to try on these different personalities and different styles.