Well, you have to keep your faith in the fact that there are a lot of intelligent people who are actively looking for something interesting, people w….

It has to be very tight to seem loose..

I've never been a guy who had more than a toe in Hollywood anyway, so my toe is more easily lopped off than most..

Monogamy, monotony. There's only a couple of letters....

It's disappointing to see films become pure entertainment, so that it's not an art form..

It's luck that one thing works out and one doesn't, it's sort of happenstance..

The big nut to crack is to how to tell a story, what’s the right way to tell a particular story..

I'm lucky that I get to jump around, do a big-budget comedy and then a smaller film. I don't even make a big distinction between them. No one believe….

We all give ourselves a lot of leeway, but we want consistency from other people..

The truth will only be told over a career..

I worked offshore as an oil worker for a couple of years..

Hollywood has a way of sucking the world's talent to it..

My sisters would swear that I was the spoiled kid who got everything he wanted, and I would go "No way! I worked my ass off and you guys got everythi….

Definitely my generation and beyond grew up in theaters and when you make a film you think of the theatrical experience. You think of that big screen….

I think you get in trouble if you make experimental big studio films..

Everything that you could think about in life, or experience, or be interested in, theoretically should be expressed or dealt with in cinema. But the….

I think casting is really important. Finding the right sensibility for the right part is an art in itself. If you're off there, you make it harder on….

When you're trying to get laid, everything's great, but once you've been with someone eight years and the future is not finite, you have time to sit ….

I think I got really lucky with Slacker. That was a film that probably shouldn't have been seen..

I think maybe making films is something innate you can't really teach to begin with..

I'm so happy and relieved for the indie spirited film world because ... I don't even know if it's indie, it's just alternative cinema that's just dif….