I recently decided that I'm not an originator. I'm a synthesist.

I'm probably more character-driven than plot-driven. It's rare for me to attach myself to an idea for a story.

"A meteor hits planet Earth" - that's a story idea but that doesn't give me any indication of what the character is.

That's why my attitude, even on my larger-scale movies, is to make them cheap. The less these things cost, the better for everybody.

If you're going to make a movie for ten thousand you can talk everybody into doing it for free. You could make a really good-looking movie right for ten grand, if you have an idea.

I want to form a political party that's based entirely on what music people listen to. To me, it's a much better barometer of what they think and feel than their political stance.

I stopped reading reviews about my own movies. I read stuff about other people's movies.