You're saying, "I'm gonna do this thing," and you have to be aware, as a rational human being, that you may not be allowed back in.

My grandparents were classic Indian grandparents. My grandmother would put so much powder on her face that it was like a Kabuki play and she'd come down the stairs. I was like 8 or 9 years old. My grandfather apparently had no teeth because he would take out his teeth and put them in a glass, and then he would try to scare me with it. I started to try to scare them when I was a little older.

Movies will end up being this esoteric art form, where only singular people will put films out in a small group of theaters.

You don't have your film finished when you have your director's cut finished. It's just a bunch of green screen.

When you find your voice, your life takes on grace.

You're never the same. You're degrading, or you're getting better. You don't stay the same.

Sometimes people can write really great scenes and even a great episode, but they can't see the bigger picture.