Pierrot le Fou is something I keep coming back to. Its so surreal but still really engaging - it proves narratives within narratives are a landscape that can be pursued well.

All I know is that as an audience member, I am less and less inclined to go to the theater.

I don't believe that narrative works when it's trying to teach a lesson or speak a factual truth.

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.

Probably the TV show I've watched the most is 'How It's Made' on the History Channel. I could watch 24 hours of 'How It's Made' and never get bored.

I love to work. It's the idea of having someone else tell you how to make your film or how to sell it - that's the part I can't really deal with. I would rather do 1,000 things that are work than deal with one thing that's a political problem.

I came to filmmaking because it's my passion. I decided I can't have it distorted or marred by someone else deciding what it should be.