Big Night and The Impostors are both things that I wrote.

I'm a control freak. Totally.

I'm interested in how people shoot because I have a very specific way of shooting and I'm fascinated by the way other people shoot films, particularly if they're smart and talented.

I've always considered myself an actor first and foremost.

So yes, I hope to act in other people's movies, big and small, because that's how I make my living, really.

[Hollywood] studios are handing out money to make independent films now, but they all want the same thing. They want the style and the deadpan delivery of RESERVOIR DOGS or FARGO and so they imitate those movies. They want PULP FICTION, but they get it all wrong! They get the detachment, but that's it. And then it's all about style, and in the end what do you learn about the characters? Nothing. You learn you wasted two hours.

As a film director I like to have the actors create their own close-ups. It's an older style of filmmaking.