Whenever you experiment with something, it's very easy to take the emotion out of it. And going back and forth between wanting to be respected artistically and wanting to move people is its own challenge.

A movie is something you see, cinema is something that’s made.

I look at other filmmakers and see skills in them that I wish I had but I know that I don't. I feel like I have to work really hard to keep myself afloat, doing what I do. But I find it pleasurable.

What are the stories you want people to tell about you?

I find myself in situations a lot where I have to say to someone, "This can be better," and it's hard to say that.

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

There are people who are originals and the stuff they make really is new. It isn't based on anything else. But I've decided I'm not that-I was never that. My abilities are to synthesize a wide range of references and ideas into something that feels relatively unified and coherent.