I'd be fine if there weren't film festivals, and you just made your films and didn't have to do anything from that point on. That would be really great, wouldn't it? I don't know. I'm in kind of an aloof time, where I'm not taking anything too seriously.

I've never been a guy who had more than a toe in Hollywood anyway, so my toe is more easily lopped off than most.

I think I got really lucky with Slacker. That was a film that probably shouldn't have been seen.

People think drama drives story, but I think the comedy is really the heart and soul.

I've always liked the minds of criminals, they seem similar to artists.

It's hard to see a film one time and really "get it," and write fully and intelligently about it. That's a review. That's not film criticism.

I have a lot of films that I haven't gotten made, and that continues to trouble me. But someday, some way or another, I think I will. It's all about timing. There's a moment when you're hot and studios will make your next film, and then there's a moment when you're really cold, and they couldn't care less what you want to do next. That's when you have to recede and make lower-budgeted films.