My father was swallowed alive by his own anus. It was a terrible way to go.

Like a lot of people, I've got a self-loathing streak that's alive and well. It acts as a de facto engine when I'm working, but it also has its extraordinary pitfalls, too.

When I was younger, I was reticent to be vulnerable on camera and everything I was doing was just a really finely honed defense mechanism from when I was a kid, and I was now using this to make a living on camera.

A producer is someone who actually calls the shots. An executive producer is just a guy that eats more food at craft service.

You have to really make sure that every moment means something, and that every moment, there's a purpose for it. And then you have to blend it all together without it looking like you're really focusing on it. That, to me, was the magic trick that was most difficult for the film [Buried].

I don't expect success. I prepare for it.

I just love bikes. It's not the safest passion to have, but I guess it's better than Russian roulette.