Occupation: Screenwriter Birth: August 6, 1970
I had a desire to do TV and wanted to get in, in the right way, knowing that I was going to learn a lot, along the way..
I wouldn't describe myself as a do-gooder. That's really more my wife. I'm kind of just the obsessed guy who's been writing and making movies since I….
As a child, I probably knew phrases that other children didn't known, like "pitocin drip" or "myocardial infarction." Some kind of knowledge was alwa….
I want to make a bunch of small movies. I'm really interested in that for me in the future..
The beauty of the world of Unbreakable is that you're playing it for reality. It should never feel like a comic book movie. It feels like a straight-….
Basically, when I'm writing something, I think about what is the subject of the piece. The subject of the piece is our fear of getting old, which is ….
Anime is intended to have ambiguous features. That's part of the art form..
Always in life bad times will lead to great times..
Each of the actors need to have their justification for saying something awful. You want everyone to have a positive and negative thing. Even a posit….
You're never the same. You're degrading, or you're getting better. You don't stay the same..
You're saying, "I'm gonna do this thing," and you have to be aware, as a rational human being, that you may not be allowed back in..
Sometimes we do not do things that we wish to do, so others will not know that we wish to do them..
Sometimes people can write really great scenes and even a great episode, but they can't see the bigger picture..
'The Last Airbender' is genetically engineered for me. I love martial arts. I study it. The movie's based on a lot of Buddhist and Hindu philosophy. ….
People break down into two groups. When they experience something lucky, group number one sees it as more than luck, more than coincidence. They see ….
Giving should be a part of your routine, just like working out, eating, and sleeping..
One of the reasons I really love low budget filmmaking is you don't have to think about that as much. You can have more fun and be more playful and b….
See what you have to ask yourself is what kind of person are you? Are you the kind that sees signs, sees miracles? Or do you believe that people just….
For instance, The Sixth Sense had mediocre to bad reviews. Slowly, the audience pushed it and it received critical attention..
I'm super confident about creative stuff, and I'm really not confident about human interactions stuff..
I storyboard every shot of my thrillers in general. I draw them out and do them..