You guys might be surprised, but I am not Honey Boo Boo Child.

I had a prodigious life, living in a grown-up world when I was a child. But I think my abilities were about perceptiveness, and they were about examining psychology and examining people and relationships.

As an actor, I'm always playing solitary characters. But as a director, I'm always making ensemble movies, which focus on lots of people's lives and how they intertwine.

People are always surprised when I say that I'm an atheist.

I had to take my makeup off at work every night. I wasn't allowed to do it at home because my mom said that when your work day is done, you're done with work.

There is no direct evidence, so how could you ask me to believe in God.

I make dark dramas, movies about people living in desperate fear who then overcome that fear and find a heroic side to themselves.