Sometimes we don't see certain things until we're ready to see them in a certain way.

What we set out to do with this movie [Leaves of Grass] was to create something that was funny and serious and had large tonal ambitions. A movie that could be poignant and funny, and suddenly quite violent. To have a character utterly sideswiped, and to learn that life is about balance.

You know, independent films have been institutionalized, practically. Every studio has got a boutique arthouse label.

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

But work that's got real substance does make people feel, "There's someone else out there who relates to my experience, or who just helped me understand my own experience a little bit better." And I think that's still got enormous value.

The best films of any kind, narrative or documentary, provoke questions.

I just like working with smart people.