I'm very jealous of actors that swoop in for 20 days, and then swoop back out. When you're a director, you're on that train for the next two years, so you best love it like you've never loved anything, ever.

It takes forever to make a film. It's a gargantuan thing of untold effort.

All the things that live within you find their place, in character and story, once you tap into that other space that is the creative writing space.

I think hope is key, in life and in art.

The more personal you get, the more universal a story you end up telling.

I think we all have limitations, as directors. I don't care what the budget is, it's probably never enough money and never enough time. You figure it out. Sometimes the limitations bring more creativity.

I'm very jealous of actors that swoop in for 20 days, and then swoop back out. When you're a director, you're on that train for the next two years, so you best love it like you've never loved anything, ever.