The traditional models for success are just also disappearing.

I'm mystified by the stuff that doesn't work. I'm mystified by what's going on in the critical side, too. Stuff I like is getting trashed and stuff that is being praised I think is terrible. I don't really feel in sync with what's happening, but at the same time, what I think keeps me afloat is that I try not to be, and don't want to be, very indulgent. I try to make the films as lean as possible, and to not spend a lot of time crawling up my own ass creatively.

I'm a grinder. I'll beat you because I will not sleep.

I tend to be drawn more to people than pure story ideas.

You can't change who you are, so I think that the only thing you can do is just never talk to people about stuff and then hope that maybe does something.

Another thing that really excites me: I'd like to do multiple versions of the same film.

My experience over the years with working with people who are not actors or not trained actors is that you have to get to know them well enough to see what they have that's translatable onto the screen.