We all have these tendencies in us that could go this way or that. I think that's the real key in writing. To look at a character without judgment.

Usually the characters are where I start. Then I continually ask myself, 'What's the worst thing that could happen to this character?'

You don't make a film because the audience is ready for it. You make a film because you have questions that are in your gut.

If there's magic in boxing, it's the magic of fighting battles beyond endurance, beyond cracked ribs, ruptured kidneys and detached retinas. It's the magic of risking everything for a dream that nobody sees but you.

Every 10 years, I know less about love and relationships. The smarter I get, the less I know.

We crash into each other just so we can feel something.

Independent films are very hard to get made, but I'm lucky enough to get them made, so I'm going to keep doing it. I like my independence. I like being able to tell a story the way I want to tell a story. I don't like developing it with a team. I like coming to a story and deciding whether I want to do it or not.