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

Is it possible that there are no coincidences?

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

I love stage actors. The pool of world class actors that have done theater [is big], there's a higher opportunity of grabbing somebody from that pool.

I storyboard every shot of my thrillers in general. I draw them out and do them.

I knew the moment it happened, it was a miracle. I could have been kissing her when she threw up. It would have scarred me for life. I may never have recovered.

The muscles that writers need for film are very different from TV muscles. Now, when I hire the writers and put the writers' room together, I know where their muscles need to be.