I'm going to sound a little weird here, but I like to spend a lot of time on my own in the woods. I don't exactly sneak off in the middle of the night, but I like to be in a place where no one can reach me by phone or e-mail.

For as long as I've been making movies, I really don't know a lot of the technical side. I mean, I've actively and consciously tried to avoid learning that stuff. I just want to be open and receptive to what's happening in the moment, and I don't want to force anything.

I don't know a single person in life that doesn't have conflict. I don't really enjoy acting enough to not want to experience something that feels like it really affects things. It's like, if you were a surfer, would you want to surf where there was like two-foot waves, or would you want to surf on like ten-foot waves. To me, the more kind of dramatic stories are more exciting for me, to play with.

The footage that you're about to watch of China's dog-leather trade is one of the worst things I've ever seen.

My personal life absolutely goes down the drain when I start working; that's something that I'm incapable of doing.

I've made up so many stores about my name, I can't remember.

Whether you think a film will affect society or it's plain entertainment, it's all excellent, it's all noble.