With each one of my films, I'm exploring one of my own issues and I try to expose myself a little in the film.

'Election' is a movie I'd give a leg to cross the director's name out and put mine in.

I've always had an underdog perspective.

With each one of my films, I'm exploring one of my own issues and I try to expose myself a little in the film.

I really enjoy theater. I just went to see 'Death of a Salesman,' and it knocked me on my ass.

Most people see a documentary about the meat industry and then they become a vegetarian for a week.

'Alien' asked ground-breaking questions about eco-politics and female empowerment. 'The Matrix' delved deeper into the concept of perception versus reality than perhaps any other film I know. But for some reason, we tend not to remember the significance of their writing.