I'm influenced by a lot of filmmakers; I like English filmmakers because I feel a kin to them.

I read every screenplay that was being sent to the other directors. None were being sent to me, but I was reading what others were choosing and what the best writers were writing.

I grew up with a lot of fairy tales. And they had an essence of darkness to them.

I'm influenced by a lot of filmmakers; I like English filmmakers because I feel a kin to them.

I think whenever you cast someone, someone's going to be critical about it.

Trying to ground everything in reality was the most important thing to me.

Well, I wasnt just kind of standing in a queue at McDonalds and someone sat down and said, Youre the director of a $100 million Hollywood movie. Ive been working in commercials for ten years.