I'm usually trying to react to what the actors are coming up with. And then the environment, and then the story.

No construction stiff working overtime takes more stress and straining than we did just to stay high.

I'm a junkie. I like drugs, I like the whole lifestyle, but it just didn't pay off.

In high school, I read 'Silas Marner' and I was very attracted to this character - he was very rundown and he'd just stop, and things would happen around him.

When I was 14, I felt very rundown; I had a home to go to, but I felt like I was 60 or something, older than I feel now. And I don't know if it's something that happens at 14, or whether it was adolescence or whether I was gay, or closeted gay, or whatever it was, I felt that.

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

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.