It's almost a standard tactic, really, to try to minimize any effort that people in the entertainment business or in any public occupation make to express themselves.

One of the most recent things we did [in Perceval Press] is a reissue of a fantastic documentary about Russian prison tattoo culture by Alix Lambert called The Mark of Cain. We've done books from Twilight of Empire, that actually has forewords by Howard Zinn and Dennis Kucinich and others, to books of poetry, photography, painting - all kinds of books.

Any nominations a movie gets helps to raise the level of curiosity in the public, so in that sense awards and nominations are important.

I have no idea what 'method actor' means.

My goal is just to make movies, whether they're big or small, that I'd like to see 10 years from now.

You know, real life doesn't just suddenly resolve itself. You have to keep working at it. Democracy, marriage, friendship. You can't just say she's my best friend. That's not a given, it's a process.

Some people who like dogs don't like cats, but I'm not like that.