Frankly, you're always up and down. You're successful and then you're not.

There's absolutely no point in beating yourself up. Focus on going forward.

Frankly, you're always up and down. You're successful and then you're not.

I just don't think I'm an ideological filmmaker in any way. I don't know how anyone could see anything I've done and see that.

Mostly I'm just not American. I spent four years of my childhood here, but I think if you're Canadian you have a very different perspective. You don't think you're at the center of things.

Movies are a commitment. They take years of your life and they have big consequences. That's one of the bad things about movies - you're stuck with the aftermath.

Punk rock, when I was a part of it, was called 'the underground.' There was something very attractive in all the hidden places, the hidden histories.