I'm still very affected and moved by their music - maybe in a way that's different from someone who grew up around it.

My working life is me doing what I want to do. This is that. I've made movies that people don't go to see.

I guess I didn't feel confident enough to be searching in a big public way. I was very content at the time to toil in obscurity on things that I thought might point me in certain directions or teach me certain things - not knowing what that would be.

If you're a painter and you want people to know who you are and recognize your work, you've got to build some long-term value.

I don't consider myself to be particularly gifted in the way that other filmmakers are gifted.

My father, who was the one who really got me hooked on movies, liked all kinds of films, and I saw all kinds of films at a very young age.

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.