Here are the good things about independent films: They do the more interesting, chancy scripts. They're run by love.

All that back-story stuff doesn't help. What you get paid for is to stand toe-to-toe with the other actor and get him to do your will.

The emotions will take care of themselves. You don't have to prod them along. As a matter of fact, you get in trouble when you prod them along.

Another mistake a director can make is not to be prepared, so you get there on the day to shoot the scene, and they don't know how it should be blocked, and they're not clear on how they want to do a scene.

Stephen King writes a lot of things that are really charming and quirky, and that are more ironic than horror.

I loved Batman, don't get me wrong, but that kind of mindless violence is not good for young children.

With an inexperienced director, a lot of times the days go on to 14, 15, 16 hours. It goes horrendously overtime. And because of the lack of money, they just keep you there, regardless of the hours.