Film is a collaborative process, absolutely, but I am a control freak.

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.

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

I don't spend a lot of time in nature. Probably less than most people that live in urban Texas.

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 had a really generic upbringing, I think, when it comes to viewing movies as a kid. I didn't really know what was out there or what was being tried. I was, like, 'E.T.' and 'Indiana Jones.' Those were the only things I knew existed.

Film is a collaborative process, absolutely, but I am a control freak.