The film industry needs to confront the physical footprint of the way films get made.

At this point in my life I'm not bent on proving anything, really.

Just because you've made a couple movies, you've done some good movies, you've been nominated for some Academy Awards, whatever, nobody's entitled. It's a business. If they don't see it, I can think they're wrong, but I'm not entitled to a $15 million budget to make a film.

Suspension of disbelief and that whole question is part of the heart of the 'Leaves of Grass'movie.

I remember as a kid having the offer of a scholarship, that it was going to be like going to Mars, and deciding to stay in my public school.

If there's a criteria that really gets me interested in a work besides any type of personal interaction with the theme, it's if I feel like this is the right piece of work for that director at that moment in their career.

Life, like poker has an element of risk. It shouldn't be avoided. It should be faced.