I'd always need a creative outlet. But sometimes, I do fantasize what my life would be like if I weren't famous.

I am the luckiest filmmaker I know.

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

I want to change the system from within the system. And that means focusing and specializing.

Acting, for me, is exhausting. I'm always more energized by directing. It's more intense to direct. I can pop in and express myself, then pop out again. It's a huge passion for me.

It's hard to get personal films off the ground, and it's hard developing them.

It's a skill that people are born with. Either you're a focuser or you're a multitasky person. I am a full-focus person.