It's been very important for me to follow my gut or my heart, or whichever organ you want to go by.

I tried to do the commercial thing. But I don't want to keep shoving Twinkies down everyone's throat. People are hungry for something of more substance.

Two things I'm trying to work on are openness and flexibility.

If someone puts up $100 million on a movie, they're gonna be concerned about whether they'll get it back. So they're not gonna make a movie about three girls, you know?

There's been a slow death in a way. On the positive side, there are films getting into the Academy Awards that wouldn't have, but on the negative side, financiers are now dominant and making all the decisions. I can't count the ways a director's vision is compromised.

I haven't gotten stuck with something because I just keep going, and I keep doing different things.

Doors of opportunity don't open, they unlock; it is up to you to turn the knob.