You go from these high hopes when you're writing to just a desperate want of not making a complete fool of yourself by the end of it.

My filmmaking background has really just been making movies with my friends since I was 12 years old. That's how I feel I learned how to tell a story visually, by just going out with a video camera and making movies with my friends and family.

The only advice I can really give to the young filmmakers is to be persistent, don't give up, and keep watching and making as many movies as you possibly can.

I think what I love about science fiction and what sci-fi can be really good at is obviously you're working with outlandish concepts that have very little to do with the real world, like time travel for instance.

Writing sucks. I think it's terrible. Writing is not fun, and don't trust anyone who claims to enjoy it. Liars!

Showing your movie to an audience... it's like your kid doing a piano recital. 'Just let it not fail. Please.

Belgrade has kind of a Dublinesque, dear-dirty charm.