I don't want to take shots at professional actors, because obviously the great ones are great. But I do think that given the kind of stories I've bee….

I think a lot of people go into filmmaking thinking, "How can I make a career?" And so when they make their first film, they make it thinking, "Well,….

Writing a story starts out as a puzzle in your mind, of "What is it I'm fantasizing about right now that makes me think this is going to be worth yea….

I suppose it's nice that I've made films that some people have heard of and respect. That's great. And it's certainly helpful in some regards, but th….

I want the pleasures of the real exploitation movie, and exploitation has changed so much in 40 years. Plenty of people grow up with this fantasy of,….

It just kind of continues to be strange and interesting to me to try to understand what other people are looking for. And this also just comes from g….

It's always a struggle with small films to get people in the theater. I think I have a perverse contrarian streak that's always kind of aspired to ma….

There are two aspects to making movies: One is the feeling of wanting to push myself into stuff that I don't know how to do. Then there's the other i….

Sometimes you meet someone, and they seem great, they seem exactly what you're thinking of for the role, and then you put a camera on them, and they ….

What will always be possible is for someone to walk into a dark room and experience a film and connect to it. And that's why I make my films - for pe….

On one hand, I kind of feel like I have unlimited options right now, and obviously that's not technically true, but when you're at this place where y….

I've always spent a lot of time in movie theaters, kind of absorbing anything I can. I just love sitting in the dark, and watching the flickering ima….

There's nothing sillier than fake rough edges, like the handheld camera you sometimes see on "NYPD Blue," shaking and jittering around, unmotivated, ….

I'd love to do a really cheap action movie. I'd love to do stunts. I mean, not myself. I'd hurt myself, but I'd love to direct others doing stunts. I….

I guess I'm not always looking for the same things in movies that most people are, which I wouldn't have necessarily even really known if not for spe….