Sports teams, people who follow sports teams, religion, churches, work - any company, I find that people just generally have a need to belong to something larger than themselves.

I always try to keep the confidence of the actors, and try my best to make them feel comfortable or confident.

When people leave cults, they don't know that they left a cult.

What I learned from directing, I learned from soccer, where it's like a coach-player relationship.

Filmmaking is a real craft.

I'm interested in adapting books and all sorts of things.

The way brainwashing works is subtle and takes a long time.