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.

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

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 was a kid who went to film school and fell into acting.

Actors are con men and con men are actors.

The stigma of the straight-to-DVD thing is over.

Well, for one thing, you know my dad was a cop.