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.

I never think that a film should answer questions for you. I think it should make you ask a lot of questions.

Duality is not a story. Duality is just a complexity.

A lot of why I do something is just the novelty of the experience.

When I'm looking for Zen and I'm not saying this facetiously at all - I would really rather surf, scuba dive, or fly my plane. And, when I feel tension about the grind of work, it's not getting the money to make films versus making films that constitutes the grind, it's all this stuff.

Basically, I think 21st century conservation is moving toward preserving ecosystems by dealing with the needs of people.

I tend to relate to a character in terms of the arc: what's interesting is where he starts versus where he ends up.