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.

With the films I've done, I've written on them, I've acted in some of them. And even ones I haven't acted in, I've acted them out just to be sure another actor can do them.

I was also a congressman. I had decided to run for office and had become a congressman with Queen Latifah.

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

Whether it's films or painting or music or writing a book, the greatest experience is being able to express yourself and what you've gone through, trying to figure out a way to make it into something that's artistic that people can connect with.

If you've ever made up something on the spot and made somebody laugh, you can credit Jonathan Winters with inspiration.

It gives you more freedom, the digital camera.