I've been directing more and more the last few years, I find it an enjoyable challenge..

My parents moved to American Samoa when I was three or four years old. My dad was principal of a high school there. It was idyllic for a kid. I had a….

But I've always felt that the less you know about an actor's personal life, the more you can get involved in the story in which he's playing a charac….

I have a love/hate relationship with just about all technology in my life. My first typewriter in particular. I had a helluva time putting new ribbon….

My perfect day is constantly changing. Right now, it would be to lie around in a hammock reading with a portable phone and a table of food next to it….

Recently I was directing an episode of 'Glee' and I lost my cell phone - and I didn't have time to buy a new one for three weeks. Well, the first few….

If Plato is a fine red wine, then Aristotle is a dry martini..

When you're in a movie, they treat you like you're four years old and give you whatever you want. On some level it's really wonderful and gratifying,….

It seems I have a hard time being attracted to someone unless I respect what they do on some level. Otherwise, I would feel disdain for them. Which i….

I'm a gentleman, if nothing else. It's taken me years to become one, but finally I have a sense of propriety..

To this day I over prepare. I draw storyboards for every scene - chicken scratches so crude that they amuse and horrify the crew. I send out shot lis….

I think violence, cynicism, brutality and fashion are the staples of our diet. I think in the grand history of story-telling, going back to people si….

Let's not kid ourselves here, robots already run most of our world. We'll be their butlers soon enough..

It's hard not to get a big head in the film industry, there are people on a set paid to cater to your every need, from the minute you arrive until yo….

I'm interested in doing movies I wouldn't normally be interested in doing..

I think I'm wealthy. I make a good living for what I do. Well, it depends. If I'm doing an independent film I'm making no money - probably losing mon….

I've been pretty lucky - or slothful - in that I've never been a "career builder," I take the jobs that come along that feel right, and that's left m….

I did a film called 'Fort McCoy,' based on a true story of one of the few internment camps during WWII that was actually in the United States..

TV, in particular cable channels, has assumed the role of independent film..

Things happen to everybody in the course of a lifetime. Relationships end, people die, tragedy befalls everyone. So everyone has this wealth of exper….

I'm not sure who's right, who's wrong, but it doesn't matter. Sometimes you just have to do what you're told. That's who we are!.