I don't blame any director for wanting to do something more commercial. That's all part of the business. I certainly have done it, as an actor.

I was going to buy a van and move to LA so I could secretly pursue acting without any of my friends knowing.

I suppose things are better now, but ... I don't know. People still hate each other, they just know how to hide it better.

I've had dentists who have wanted to help me out, but I say, 'You know, I won't work again if you fix my teeth.'

I never had any master plan about directing, and I don't really write.

Communication is the key, and it's one thing I had to learn-to talk to the actors. I was so involved with the visual and technical aspects that I would forget about the actors.

Nothing's really changed for me over the years. I like telling stories about people with problems. I can't really put it much simpler than that. Relationships are interesting to me. Not just between men and women but fathers and sons, brothers and sisters and friends.