I love 'The Killing', I love 'Homeland' and 'Mad Men', all those shows that lean into the tone of things.

I'm so consistent that my director's cuts are usually 20-25 minutes longer than the released version of the movies.

I find it very eerie when somebody is being really polite.

A TV show where all of the characters are trying to figure out what's going on, and the suspense of that, fits my [voice] really well. You feel their frustration, anger and fear, and then, when the reveal happens, their sense of dread or horror, or whatever it is, and I like to paint with those colors.

There's no staying where you were. If you're not doing anything, your skills and point of view are atrophying.

Basically, when I'm writing something, I think about what is the subject of the piece. The subject of the piece is our fear of getting old, which is a variation on our fear of dying.

My philosophy is to make movies with the biggest possible budget that will allow it to be made in an independent fashion.