Occupation: Screenwriter Birth: August 6, 1970
I love stage actors. The pool of world class actors that have done theater [is big], there's a higher opportunity of grabbing somebody from that pool..
I think I take what you might call a B-movie story, deal with B-movie subjects, and I treat it as if it's an A-movie in terms of my approach, my crew….
My philosophy is to make movies with the biggest possible budget that will allow it to be made in an independent fashion..
I've been asked to direct pilots for a lot of shows..
When you find your voice, your life takes on grace..
People who come to see my movies, you're coming to see a drama masquerading as a genre piece..
I love 'The Killing', I love 'Homeland' and 'Mad Men', all those shows that lean into the tone of things..
I knew the moment it happened, it was a miracle. I could have been kissing her when she threw up. It would have scarred me for life. I may never have….
I'm from that world where I feel so comfortable making small independent movies..
I like to write in a shroud of secrecy because I have to keep finding ways to scare myself..
There are a lot of things I can take, and a few that I can't. What I can't take is when my older brother, who's everything that I want to be, starts ….
This is the problem with being Indian. It's hard to be one of the family members. Everybody is white usually [in the movie]..
If I'm hesitant at all about an idea, then that's not the right idea..
I always thought I was going to be the film guy until I died..
There is no one looking out for us. We are all alone..
I consider myself an independent filmmaker..
The muscles that writers need for film are very different from TV muscles. Now, when I hire the writers and put the writers' room together, I know wh….
Movies will end up being this esoteric art form, where only singular people will put films out in a small group of theaters..
Saw # Birdman . Such singular, audacious filmmaking. Can't stop thinking about the ending..
The beauty is that we can blur film and TV a little bit more..