I had an older brother who was very interested in literature, so I had an early exposure to literature, and and theater. My father sometimes would work in musical comedies.

The things you get fired for when you’re young are the same things that you get lifetime achievement awards for when you’re old.

I had been a kid that moved so much, I didn’t have a lot of friends. Theater really represented that kind of camaraderie.

Without a doubt, I was born to want to make cinema, but the kind of cinema I want to make is not like commercial movies, which I enjoy myself, but I wanted to be the kind of filmmaker who wrote original work, sort of like a novelist would who deals with who we are and our times or our relationships.

In kindergarten that used to be my job, to tell them fairytales. I liked Hans Christian Andersen, and the Grimm fairy tales, all the classic fairy tales.

Most filmmakers can't afford to try something out that doesn't work.

Art depends on luck and talent.