Whereas money is a means to an end for a filmmaker, to the corporate mind money is the end. Right now, I think independent film is very confused, because there's excess pressure in the marketplace for entertainment to pay off.

In fact, I think more broadly about what an audience requires, but I want an audience to be fascinated by the process of finding an answer, or finding out there isn't one.

When people start thinking of you more as a persona, they are less inclined to allow you to move into different areas. Sometimes they're wrong. Sometimes they're just very stereotypical or restricted in their own thinking of what they'll allow you to do.

I'm not good at compromise.

I can't go into a bar anywhere without someone starting to play 'the Entertainer'.

I didn’t want the attacks to affect me. I don’t believe you should be led by fear.

San Franciscans are very proud of their city, and they should be. It’s the most beautiful place in the world.