Watching a movie should be like hunting. Out of context, every image of the cinema is yours for a split second. Take them before they bury it.

I'm certainly not going to tell other people what they should do with their own personal lives. I think it's certainly easier for a director to be out. The public is not going to see a movie because the director is gay or straight. It's maybe a little harder for an actor or actress because of, you know, the love roles and stuff. But gay people have been impersonating heteros in the movies for years. So, hopefully, that is becoming less of an issue. I think it would have been really great if a gay person had played a gay person. That's brave!

I have to talk about my movies. I have to give interviews to promote what I'm doing. But no one really knows my personal life. And if you don't have a personal life I feel bad for you.

Sometimes I wish I was a woman, just so I could have an abortion.

When they throw the water on the witch, she says, “Who would have thought a good little girl like you could destroy my beautiful wickedness”. That line inspired my life. I sometimes say it to myself before I go to sleep, like a prayer.

I like the word 'underground'... 'independent' carries a stigma of whininess. 'Underground' means a good time.

I make independent movies. I don't know how to do anything else. I don't know any other job that I could really get.