I had gotten to the point where I just didn't want to perform anymore - I didn't want to be on the chopping block anymore. I started to want to withdraw and retreat from it.

I love the idea of creating a sort of nuanced portrait of kids that they're not all perfect. They're kind of misfits but not in a picturesque, hip way, they're really, really kids that are not entirely great.

You have to believe the magic to see it.

As a first-time director, you cannot have final cut. But as a producer, you can have final cut.

Genius is the true mystery, and at its edge--the abyss.

I think damage to the eye or damage to the teeth is one of the most universally cringing things you can do in a movie and these are very fragile sounds.

I have a sort of a fetish for insects, clockwork, monsters, dark places, and unborn things