Darkness is a lot of what art is and certainly in our community a lot of it is people sort of wrestling with their demons.

This overwhelming desire to be close to you directly conflicts with my intense fear of people.

Success is not important to me, nor are power or money. If the script feels good, then I'm in. It's that simple.

Even today, in our progressive times, in most movies that come out, the men have to have biceps and the women have to be thin or something.

I just like to do work that inspires me, and I don't pay any attention to whether it's a high- or low-budget movie.

If you don't stick to your plan enough, and you're too seduced by whimsical notions and new ideas, you can kind of lose your train of thought and end up with something that doesn't have a solid through-line.

Our culture has a tendency to pigeonhole people and to try to tear down anybody who's breaking out of our comfort zone. That's why we get into these cultural ruts that end up being destructive prejudices. But breaking out of that comfort zone is the most rewarding thing you can do, in your life. I do my best to push myself, when I can.