I like to try to keep things as relaxed and easy as possible. I mean, movies generally attract a lot of people who like to cause fires, so they can later try to put them out. But I don't like that kind of thing.

I made two movies very young, and then I had trouble getting a movie made, and so - which was both, I think, a plus and a minus. It was a minus because it made me unhappy.

I do think it's a very good way to describe what a great actor does. You're both acknowledging the authority of the director and the necessity of the actor to push back and find their own voice.

I kind of live like a writer. I get up and I write. I've done that my whole life.

It's nice being friends over a period of time with people whose music you like so much, or other filmmakers, seeing people change, go through trials

Other people have worked with big studios and maintained control over their movies. I see no reason why it wouldn't work for me.

I'm curious how people build up the codes that they live their life by, and how they come to think that that's the best way for them to function.