I graduated from high school with the art award and I had made a ton of short films, but it was before DVDs with director commentary..

I would not be as married to locations and ideas, when I show up in the city that I'm actually going to shoot it in. You really have to roll with it.….

It is a miracle that anything gets made. It's not for the faint of heart, at all. You could so easily get really depressed or really down about the w….

I love when you take bizarre, non-human things and somehow make them human or accessible. I think that's why I like the practical effects. You can lo….

Every time I sit down with him, I know why he is who he is, and that's really cool. It's a great feeling. It sucks because I'm so not an ass-kisser, ….

Making movies wasn't really an immediate thought, where I was raised. I was going to be a lawyer, and I thought I would just draw. So, I was sketchin….

I'm a control freak, so that's why I became a director..