I'm The Son Of Highly Functioning Parents

American Cinema Tends To Express A Patriotic Relationship To National Identity On A Regular Basis.

Actors Are Programmed To See The Worst. If You're Talking About An Actor's Tv Series, You Say, "i Loved You Last Night." And They Go, "what About The Week Before?" They Immediately Worry.

I Decided To Be A Filmmaker When I Was 12. I Had Utter Clarity That This Would Be My Life.

I Was Always Obsessed With Finding Truly Researched Images To Add Authenticity, Out Of That Came Something Totally Contemporary And Modern. Research Is Very Key To My Process Because Over And Over Again, Reality Provides More Interesting Images Than You Could Have Invented.

The More Uncompromisingly Specific You Are The More You End Up Touching The Bigger Universal Truths.