I love to bring humour into my work. Because comedy is not a huge part of the art world. And big-business film takes itself very seriously.

When I went to film school about three years ago, the first two years you're required to make a series of short films. I started making films based on short poems.

I'm starting to teach now: I teach in the graduate film program at NYU and next year I'm going to be teaching at Los Angeles at the film program and English program at UCLA.

There's so much pressure put on relationships to deliver the satisfaction of life. And to me, that is just not the answer. I feel like it should be something in addition to what you love or be a part of that.

Showing the addiction and unusual sexual practices are ways of just outlining a much bigger character trait.

I wanted to do serious movies. I had a certain idea of what good acting was. That's since changed, and I love doing comedies now. I don't like a lot of those movies now, but I thought those were movies that I could do real, serious performances in.

I think it helps the writers to sell their books, if they announce my attachment, but it doesn't mean that I'm going to make the movies in the next year, or two, or three.