I didn't really have the entire high school experience. I've been working since I was six years old, so I didn't go to the classic high school.

I didn't really have the entire high school experience. I've been working since I was six years old, so I didn't go to the classic high school.

Whenever I'm doing any film, there's always three different things. There's the script, which is really just a blueprint. And then, you shoot the movie and it's an entirely different experience than you would expect from reading the script. And then, there's the whole post process and the editing, and it becomes something else entirely.

If I had 10 ideas and people said yes to all of them, half of them could be crap. But, if I've got 10 ideas and we really only have the budget for one of them, then we have to pick the best one that is our most creative element.

I believe that creativity comes from compromise. If you could have everything you ever wanted, it doesn't always work.

If we replaced guns with guitars, then the world would be a concert

The bigger the budget, the more you can afford to compromise with Mother Nature. The smaller the budget, the more you're like, "Okay, well, we have to do this, but how can we afford to do it." That's when you have to get really creative on the business side, as far as making compromises.