In the '80s, I can't say that Amy and I were aware of an independent film community. We could only get a certain amount of money for our pictures, which made them low budget movies, but they were distributed through studios.

Documentaries have always inspired me in narrative filmmaking.

Every movie is wildly different. So many of the problems are the same, but they take on different guises.

I think we were the first picture to cut on Final Cut Pro. So we were the guinea pigs, because we got a deal on the system. But with that comes all sorts of technological problems I couldn't begin to describe.

I've always been schizophrenic; I've never been interested in limiting myself.

I only got to be able to act, because I gave myself a job as a producer.

When you're directing, I feel like I'm playing all the parts, without the make-up. I really get into the heads of the characters.