One of the reasons people sell out so quickly is because even the talented think they're frauds. It's a culture that doesn't encourage people to believe in the work they do. You're told to second-guess yourself all the time. That's where I think a little hostility and arrogance can save you. And I've never been lacking for either.

I'm not good at talking to strangers, whether they're sick children or they're - I'm just not good. I'm shy with it.

I'll tell you what I probably would prefer to happen less and less: actors that I know and respect in shampoo ads. Or modeling.

The thing that's very close in the process is writing and acting, not directing. Directing's very different.

Oh, I'm a big-mouth. I said a lot of things.

In short form I'll say it was an approach to the family and to [author] Jon Krakauer that then led to me seeming to rise to the top of the heap of several filmmakers that were trying to get the rights. And by top of the heap I mean in terms of being somebody that was trusted to do it as they said they were going to attempt to do it and that this way of doing it would be something they would be willing to allow.

I think if you want good things to happen for a country like Haiti, then you need to provide the circumstances where the Haitians can do that.