Make DV movies so you can learn how to make films, but don't try to distribute them until they are fantastic.

It's easier making a smaller film like El Mariachi. There are no budget worries because there is no budget. There is no crew problem because there is no crew. And if you screw up, no one is around to see you screw up -- so it's no longer a screw up.

Tell everyone that your mistakes are art. You can get away with a lot that way.

Don't look at all at what other people are doing. Think of what you're doing as completely fresh because if you imitate you're dead.

Your mind just goes to the craziest idea to lure people into the theater, and then you write your script around those elements.

When you put on the glasses in a 3-D movie they just kind of sit there and you forget about them.

It [lighting the set up] is quite a process. It's like drawing. It's like being an artist. You pencil it in first, and then you ink it. When you're filming, it's like you're penciling it all in. You know where everything is going to go. But, that application of the final ink takes some time.