My own personal taste in films as a member of the audience was not completely in line with films I was doing.

I always find it flattering when somebody recognizes me.

My own personal taste in films as a member of the audience was not completely in line with films I was doing.

Well, whether it's on film or on TV, you don't want to throw too many curves at your audio and video guys.

Well, I took a sabbatical. I walked away from shooting movies because I couldn't handle the travel. I'm a single parent. I had young kids, and I found that keeping in touch with them from hotel rooms and airports wasn't working for me. So I stopped.

On the last couple of movies I made - big-budget Hollywood movies - I really missed being able to create my own material.

And we had the perhaps unfair advantage of not having to worry about what an audience was gonna think. We were in a vacuum. We were making little short films, really.