A Movie That Costs Only $1.6 Million Doesn't Have to Be a Cultural Event to Turn a Profit.

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

I feel I need to really think about whether there's a way to use what skill I have to address things that outrage me, like the 13 year old girl getting stoned to death. Because I don't think making a movie is going to help that, or change that.

There's a big difference between a movie about relationships and a movie in which people talk about relationships. It seems like a lot of people have confused the two.

I come from a generation that was surrounded by popular music, but I don't know if anybody's ever going to move the ball forward as far and as fast as the Beatles did.

Truth and facts have to trump partisanship. There has to be something that's true regardless of what your angle is on it.

I suppose I could try to be some avant-garde artist if I wanted to, but that doesn't interest me as much.