I didn't get the degree because in my last year, for my thesis film I made a feature called Permanent Vacation and they'd given me a scholarship, the Louis B Mayer fellowship and they made a mistake.

I never start with the story first, which is maybe obvious, because the narrative line of my films is really not that strong or dramatic. They're very simple.

I prefer to be subcultural rather than mass-cultural. I'm not interested in hitting the vein of the mainstream.

I think of myself as an amateur filmmaker, not a professional, in the sense that "amateur" means love of something, for the form.

I'm not putting down anyone that does look at their work in that way, but for me I am a hardcore amateur.

I hate those live action versions of animated cartoons. It ruins everything, the whole point of cartoons is to get away from photographs. I mean it would be stupid to say that cartoons are better than photographs but its true.

Select only things to steal that speak directly to your soul. If you do this, your work (and theft) will be authentic. Authenticity is invaluable; originality is nonexistent