The scariest people to turn a movie over to are always the people who are drawing up the poster, because that's the first impression it's going to make. And very often it's portraying a very different film from the one the actors actually did.

Actors dread working with studios because they dictate what you do in a way that independent movies can't.

I had great difficulty in school interacting with others, and I took refuge in the contrived setting of play acting, which is what I still do.

I live in New York City, where, if you're in a movie at a popular independent theater, you think you're king of the world, because you're in a bubble. So there's no way for me to properly conceive of the attention that the movie gets in a way that doesn't make me confused.

Nothing is harder than working with an actor who doesn't take it seriously or show up in the same way that you are.

Mother Teresa was asked what was the meaning of life, and she said to help other people, and I thought, 'What a strange thing to say' - but maybe it's the right thing to say.

Don't be a hero, live to fight another day.