I wouldn't describe myself as a do-gooder. That's really more my wife. I'm kind of just the obsessed guy who's been writing and making movies since I was a little kid, just in a room and make it.

I'm from that world where I feel so comfortable making small independent movies.

If I'm hesitant at all about an idea, then that's not the right idea.

Anime is intended to have ambiguous features. That's part of the art form.

Is it possible that there are no coincidences?

Most of the time, I don't watch classics with anybody. I have to be by myself. That's my classroom.

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