I was already interested in directing when I was very young. I knew that was something I was going to be doing.

Usually, I have in mind what I want to do. I shoot pretty economically, so I'm not shooting tons of stuff that I could change, all that much. I'll cut something or add a little something back, but not too much. This is maybe the producer part of me, but I'm always worried about the budget, so I shoot what I know I need to shoot for the film.

I love thrillers. I've never made them, but I would say a really good thriller is my favorite kind of a movie. If I can get a really great thriller, you know.

I'm always running around trying to raise money to make the films. Fortunately, I've been able to do that, but if I can't, at this point, it's not like I wanted to spend a lot of time putting together, you know, you spend a year of your life on something, you go, "What the hell am I doing that for?"

I hate those movies where hundreds of people get blown up and there are jokes afterward. They poison the soul.

I was a kid who was really unhappy with being bussed. I was one of the angry people in the halls.

The problem we have right now in Washington is we don't have the face of a leader.