I have a very low regard for cynics. I think it's the beginning of dying.

The art of making a film and its content are far more interesting to me than the result or impact.

I don't see myself as beautiful. I was a kid who was freckle-faced, and they used to call me 'hay head.'

Other people have analysis. I have Utah.

Ambiguity is something that I really respond to. I like the complexity of it.

We've lost our moral foundation, which allows us to go this far over. So I don't blame Trump. I just think he is what he is. We're the ones who let that happen. We should be looking at ourselves.

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.