I'm Just A Pretty Regular Dad.

Sexuality Is A Big Issue, But There Are Others - How Much You Commit To A Relationship, To Social Obligation, To Honesty And Being Honest With Yourself.

A Lot Of People Will Think I Changed The Book: ‘so You’re The Tiger Instead, You’re The Tiger Who Ate The Cook.’ That’d Be Totally Expository, Like In The Book, ‘you’re The Tiger’ And Then It Stops There. That Seems To Have The Magic Touch. I Bring Everything Together. That’s Why He Made Up The Story, The Whole Thing Becomes Internalized. That Might Be The Magic, But All I Did Is Not So Much Interpreted, But Try My Best To Keep Everybody Still Staying In The Movie. And I Was Like, ‘god, It’s So Hard To Do.’ I Make Movies For A Long Time. It Doesn't Get Easier.

So Anything That's Not Absolutely Needed, We Would Cut It [footage] Out, Which Would Make Me Very Insecure; Everything Has To Work, And It's A Water Movie In 3d With A Kid, Animals. So The More I Do That, The More I'm Scared Of "what If It Doesn't Go The Way We Want It?" But We Had To Do That To Meet The Budget, Otherwise We Wouldn't Even Have A Start-date.

I Think A Movie Is A Media That Is Evoking Feelings.

You Have To Know The Rules, Otherwise You Have No Tools To Communicate To The Audience, But To Keep It Fresh You Have To Break Some. I Don't Choose Genres As The Element, But The Material Itself Is The Element, Then I'll Decide What Genre I Need. That's Just How I Work.