When I was 13, I worked for Western Union. When the telegrams came in, I would glue them on the paper and deliver them on my bicycle.

I was interested in the idea of succession - showing a father and a son both in their own time and drawing a contrast

So much of the art of film is to do less. To aspire to do less.

I had a number of teachers who hated me. I didn't do well in school.

I've been failing for, like, ten or eleven years. When it turns, it'll turn. Right now I'm just trying to squeeze through a very tight financial period, get the movie out, and put my things in order.

I associate my motion picture career more with being unhappy and scared, or being under the gun, than with anything pleasant.

I always found the film world unpleasant. It's all about the schedule, and never really flew for me.