I Don't Do What I Do To

With Each Project, I'm Going For Something That Makes Viewers Think, 'wow, I've Never Seen A Film Like This Before,' And Later Think, 'wow, I've Only Seen A Film Like This Once Before. I Saw It In Theaters And Am Watching It Now On Netflix Or A Similar Streaming Service.'

Something Becomes Personal When It Deviates From The Norm.

I Began To Exercise A Lot Of Cinematic Muscle With The Precepts I Had Learned In The New York Art World. Film Was Intriguing. I Began To Think Of Art As Elitist, Whereas Film Was Not.

I Always Want To Make Films. I Think Of It As A Great Opportunity To Comment On The World In Which We Live. Perhaps Just Because I Just Came Off "the Hurt Locker" (2008) And I'm Thinking Of The War And I Think It's A Deplorable Situation. It's A Great Medium In Which To Speak About That. This Is A War That Cannot Be Won, Why Are We Sending Troops Over There? Well, The Only Medium I Have, The Only Opportunity I Have, Is To Use Film. There Will Always Be Issues I Care About.

My Movement From Painting To Film Was A Very Conscious One.