And Later I Thought, I Can't Think How Anyone Can Become a Director Without Learning the Craft of Cinematography.

A lot of times, I relied on connections through my agency, just for financing and things like that. Even when I'm looking for a million and a half dollars to do a small film, there can always be hold-ups, because it's a large amount of money for some people, and it's a small amount of money for other people. In any case, it's significant enough to where you have to jump through a lot of hoops to get it to happen. Sometimes, the people who are helping you can drop the ball. And, of course, the reason agents want you to do bigger projects is that they make a bigger cut.

Now the music industry is sort of like a Craigslist venture, right? Where you're making your own records and selling them online.

Gay marriage is the last bastion of, to me... as a legal, ceremonial, sentimental and religious side, it's one of the last steps. Retaining your job being one of the earlier steps, like, not getting kicked out of your job because you're gay.

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.

Even if you try to copy a film shot by shot, you still can't. It's still your own film.

If a movie isn't released, it's one thing, but if you know it will be, it's nice to have closure and see it come out.