A film goes through so many hands, that by the time it's done, it might not resemble what you thought you were making.

I only want to make movies I want to see. That may mean my career is somewhat limited, but that is my version of integrity. No matter how it performs or how it's received, I can be okay with it.

I know that when I grew up I was pretty sheltered, and didn't come to understand much about the world until I was in my really late teens and early twenties, and that process continues.

The idea of doing something that you've seen a thousand times before doesn't appeal to me.

The world's gotten smaller by virtue of the Internet and new media.

The ultimate 20-year plan is to be living in the Caribbean, writing, living off the land, eating from the ocean and probably smoking herb.

To me, White Boy Shuffle is sort of like Catcher in the Rye, the story is so universal.