There's something to be said for failing. It's not the failure you feel, it's the failure that people project when something disappoints. You're back to ground zero, where there's no expectations, and that's where I like to be.

I'm always cribbing from real life. I'm not a very creative filmmaker.

Haven't two hundred years of failed missionary work overseas taught anybody anything? You can't convert people to anything - whether religion, or something as inane as our flicks.

I sympathize far more with heavier people than I ever will with thin. I'll never be thin. Let's be honest.

I wanted to get my movie noticed WITHOUT spending any ad money. So I made a bit of a spectacle. I recorded lots of podcasts. I bickered with hate groups. I criticized critics. I banged pots together. I did everything I could to raise awareness without raising any money to do so.

I try never to worry in general. Worry is interest paid in advance on a debt that never comes due.

For years, my job was to make the movie inexpensively. And I could bring it in. What I can't control are the costs of marketing.