I'm Trying To Tell A Story And

I Studied Acting At Boston University. I Was In The Theater Department There. Somewhere In There I Decided That Wasn't What I Was Going To Do And I Went To The B.f.a. Film Program At N.y.u.

I Do Have Some Theatrical Background. I've Written Plays And Seen Plays And Read Plays. But I Also Read Novels. One Thing I Don't Read Is Screenplays.

In A Lot Of Movies, Especially Big Studio Ones, They're Not Constructed In Any Other Way Than To Get People To Like Them And Then Tell Their Friends. It's A Product.

Directing Is A More Pragmatic Experience, Where You Have To Deal With The Restrictions Of Time And Money That Force You To Make Certain Decisions You Don't Have To Make When You're Writing.

And Also The Idea Of Not Making It Apparent That It's Different From The Rest Of The Film, Even Though There Are Visual Differences, The Audience Is Supposed To Think That They Are With Him When He Wakes Up In The Morning.