I would much rather see somebody bring something new to a genre than produce something that seems safe.

Never fly commercial. That's the moral of this story.

I don't want to move over to Beverly Hills. My goal is to make the movies I want to make and support the people I want to support. That's it.

You give yourself to the world for people to either praise or destroy.

I started when I was eight, doing super 8 films

Somebody said to me, in a very well-meaning way, at a screening, "We love the movie but it's too violent. If you tone down the violence you could reach a great audience of kids.".

You can only be a good father in relationship to your childhood.