I Can't Watch Completed Films - My

Hollywood Was Not A Place I Dreamed Of Getting To. I Never Could Take Seriously The Obsession People Have About Being A Celebrity Or Getting To Hollywood - I Was Born Next Door.

Whereas Money Is A Means To An End For A Filmmaker, To The Corporate Mind Money Is The End. Right Now, I Think Independent Film Is Very Confused, Because There's Excess Pressure In The Marketplace For Entertainment To Pay Off.

Filmgoers Are Starved For New Ideas, Voices And Visions.

When I Became Successful, I Put Up A Caution. I Didn't Think It Was Fair To Have The Shadow Of That Kind Of Success Thrown On My Family. And I Was Cautious About Being Taken By Things That Could Destroy You.

Part Of Me Is Drawn To The Nature Of Sadness Because I Think Life Is Sad, And Sadness Is Not Something That Should Be Avoided Or Denied. It's A Fact Of Life, Like Contradictions Are.