I am a control freak but it's important to feel strongly about the material you're working on.

I am a control freak but it's important to feel strongly about the material you're working on.

The thing that is most important is to feel like you're at the front of the line, to be prime or primer. I definitely never wanted to say that in the films, but that's where it comes from.

I believe that filmmakers have to internalize the story and subtext so well that all of the departments can start to speak to each other - that music can speak to cinematography can speak to writing and back again.

I got a degree in math, from not a good school in Texas, and then I went to work as a software engineer. Just not glamorous at all.

I feel like math and writing are the same thing. You're putting together a lot of complex things to satisfy different requirements. It's got to be aesthetically pleasing; it's got to have subtext; it's got to convey information.

My favorite films are the ones that I walk away from and I know I saw a story.