On Darjeeling, I was on set every day and I acted as the second unit director and a producer on that film. I was there throughout the whole process. On Moonrise Kingdom, I showed up for one day.

I grew up in San Francisco and moved to L.A. about 20 years ago, and now my main home is in Hollywood.

Movies are magical. Sometimes it just works, it catalyzes, and everything falls into place, and no one knows exactly how or why.

Movies are very expensive endeavors, and my first film was not particularly a money-maker. Quite the opposite.

Anything that you think is wild or fun, or can't wait to see or show your friends, go for it.

That's a hobby of mine - to do whatever I can for unusual for-hire creative projects. I am waiting for someone to really challenge me - obviously I'm often approached to do film related work, but I would be very happy to design a bar or an amusement park ride. I would love to be an imagineer!

The more you travel, the better you get at it.