When actors give their input, it can be very ego-driven, and directors are scared of that.

I don't have a lot of time to surf the net and see what everyone's wearing.

It sounds cliche, but success is your friends, your family, what you do, and if you're happy when you wake up.

From where I started to where I'm at right now I'm loaded in retrospect to the opportunities that I have. As far as money and the scheme of the world, I don't cash in. I do films because I'm sensitive and maybe stupid, and that I feel like I'm going to have fun on and feel like I'm going to have a good experience with. It's not about punching in and selling soap.

Acting is really scary, but it's also challenging, fun, hard work. There's always an element of improvisation with every actor, even when something is really scripted.

I remember when I was a kid looking at different types of film and really examining the grains of them. I remember even looking at the ink streaks.

I want my audience to say, "Wow, this is a film I'm benefiting from. I'm benefiting from what this filmmaker is trying to say." I'd always rather learn and be entertained than be entertained and feel myself getting dumber by the moment.