The whole point is you're telling a story to an audience. So when there's no audience, it's like cinematic masturbation.

Having been a singer in a band, back in my youth, music is really important to me.

For me, it's important that a movie is the congregate of all art forms, from writing to art composition to music to performing. Trying to keep a balance of all those is what I think a director's job is.

The best actors in the world are the actors who don't keep the walls up all the time and allow themselves the potential to be embarrassed.

The filmmakers are very much in their own kind of bubble. It was kind of a revelation to me and I realized why so many of the great filmmakers are one of a kind people. You know, they have a vision. They may be influenced by other filmmakers, but they don't work with them on anything.

Fighting the wild branches of a haunted tree is not something that every actor is confident enough to attack, literally and figuratively.

The only features I've done have been on the lower-budget end, for what they were. It's really all about getting the best people aboard and committing to doing the best work possible and prioritizing where your time is going to be spent.