I remember being at school during morning meeting and looking around at everybody, 350 kids, saying a prayer. We're all very young and no one knows what it means, and I remember feeling strange that people were just repeating words that they didn't understand. I refused to participate. For some reason I always rejected it, but respectfully.

Filmmaking is a real craft.

When you write, no matter what, it ends up personal.

You know, when you're isolated on set for like a month, people like to get rowdy.

When I hire actors I believe in their abilities.

It's sort of one ongoing process where writing ends and directing starts.

When I was a kid, I was afraid of large group of conforming people.