I like to approach comedy from character, to have the stakes for the individuals in the story be very high.

A favorite film of mine is 'Office Space' and I love 'The Hangover.' That is a really good comedy from character in that film, and that is true of 'Office Space' too.

There's no longer a monolithic evil empire somewhere, spreading a different philosophy of life. That doesn't exist.

When you're making a film all by yourself, that requires you to have quite a bit of a point of view in order for anything to get done.

People who can't afford their mortgages and have to renegotiate with the bank or something gets repossessed after you worked your whole life. You follow the rules and you do the right thing and you still get screwed. That's what I think a lot of Americans are.

I discovered shooting and filmmaking around the time all of the software became affordable to anyone with a PC.

I like to approach comedy from character, to have the stakes for the individuals in the story be very high.