Acting can be pretty challenging. I can't say making a romantic comedy is challenging, but to do anything well, you have to put yourself into it.

I like the George Romero films, which were really great, social satire movies; really twisted.

I never wanted to come off as self-important.

The minute you realize that your options are unlimited, things just start falling into place all around you.

I never really saw myself as an activist but at some point the activist is the only moral position to take.

I wanted to just be a filmmaker, and I thought I wanted to do all the aspects, and it seemed like as a producer was the best way to do it, because I could have... You never have control on a movie, but you have as much control as you can.

The more you expose yourself as a celebrity, the less interesting you are to watch in your work, because if you're putting yourself out there all the time, you're not holding anything back.