I thought if I could do stand-up comedy well enough, I could parlay it back into films - like Charlie Chaplin and Woody Allen did. They merged principles of comedy and drama together, and that's what my first film really was, a stab at that kind of comedy.

I like 'Donnie Darko;' it's a cool take on dreams and sleep.

I like films that are so funny, dramatic and lifelike simultaneously, that you are laughing and cringing simultaneously all throughout the film.

Creepy people do the things that decent people want to do, but have decided are not a great idea.

I shouldn't say bad things about the illiterate, though..I should write it. That way they won't find out.

I thought if I could do stand-up comedy well enough, I could parlay it back into films - like Charlie Chaplin and Woody Allen did. They merged principles of comedy and drama together, and that's what my first film really was, a stab at that kind of comedy.

I think sometimes you don't understand how to convey an idea, depending on the moment you're living in.