The Best Reason To Make A Film

Eventually This All Passes. The Public Horrors Of Today Eventually Blow Away. And, Yes, You Are Changed By The Awful Wake Of Reckoning They Leave Behind. Hopefully In The Process You Don't Lose Your Ability To Throw Your Arms In The Air Again And Spin In Wild Abandon. That Is The Ultimate F.u. And - Finally - The Most Beautiful Survival Tool Of All. Don't Let Them Take That Away From You.

Look, It's Terrible, I Know, But Weakness Really, Really Bugs Me, To The Point That If There Is A Wounded Bird On The Sidewalk, I Look At It And I Go: I Think I'll Just Kick It.

Acting, For Me, Is Exhausting. I'm Always More Energized By Directing. It's More Intense To Direct. I Can Pop In And Express Myself, Then Pop Out Again. It's A Huge Passion For Me.

It's An Interesting Combination: Having A Great Fear Of Being Alone, And Having A Desperate Need For Solitude And The Solitary Experience. That's Always Been A Tug Of War For Me.

I Conducted A Bunch Of Interviews For Interview Magazine. They Actually Paid Me. I Think I Was Probably 18 Or 19. I Was In College And I Remember Feeling, Like, "wow." I Had A Real Job, And They Paid Me Money, And It Was Exciting.