I want people to do what they want to do because when they feel comfortable it seems to translate better on screen. It is when you put people in a straitjacket that it doesn't seem to translate very well at all. The individuals I work with are usually people I know.

I worked hard, and if you work hard you get the goodies.

Stardom equals financial success and financial success equals security. I've spent too much of my life feeling insecure. I still have nightmares about being poor, of everything I own just vanishing away. Stardom means that can't happen.

I live for myself and answer to nobody

The camera movement should be like a cat jumping onto a table - with just enough amount of effort and that's it. That's enough.

I deal with certain things in my work because of who I am. I make work in order to make people think.

Every time I start thinking the world is all bad, then I start seeing people out there having a good time on motorcycles. It makes me take another look.