Free time keeps me going.

I knew about Heatmiser, and I saw them one time at Pine Street [later changed to La Luna], which was the center of a lot of alternative bands during the 80s. But I didn't really know too much about their music.

When you're on a film and you're doubting something, it's usually because you don't think the audience is going to like it.

There is a common theme, though, in the stories I have told, which are usually associations of characters or families that are formed outside of a family circle.

I try to get to know the actors as much as I can. I feel like I'm friends with them for starters and for a week or two, we rehearse when they're getting the costumes together.

Free time keeps me going. It's just something that's always been a part of my life. I was originally a painter, and I made films sort of as an extension of that, and then I started to try to make dramatic films because the early films were experimental films.

Sometimes, the people who are helping you can drop the ball.