Movies are - all I've found is that they're just tougher and tougher to make.

My best male friend is my best friend until he crosses me. We're all protective of the self.

I see bits and pieces of me in all the characters in my films.

Without In The Company of Men, I could still be teaching, so who knows if this would've existed.

Just in the past few years - since I've been making movies, which isn't a very long time - you now have a culture that is fascinated and informed about the box office in a way that sometimes filmmakers weren't even.

But for me, it feels like a natural extension of what I've been doing: exploring relationships. Here you have two relationships and we can explore how difficult it is for people to be together.

People have perhaps gotten to the point where for the most part movies are a just bit of escape.