I Try Not To Be Overly Analytical.

I Do Feel That If It's Not On The Page, There's No Hope Of It Getting To The Stage. You Really Can't Take A Cat And Turn It Into A Dog, Or Try And Get Lemons Off An Apple Tree, Or What Have You. Sometimes There's This Real Naïveté That People Possess, Where They Want You To Infuse A Scene With A Certain Quality, And It's Like An Apology. "i Read The Script, Didn't You? What's The Agenda Here?"

I Love The Rebelliousness Of Snail Mail, And I Love Anything That Can Arrive With A Postage Stamp. There's Something About That Person's Breath And Hands On The Letter.

I'm A Painter, That's Where I Started Out, At Four Years Old, That Was My First Love As Far As Expression. So, I'm Not A Painter In The Sense Of, "please Come See My Paintings" But, I Do Understand The Value Of Not Looking Over The Artist's Shoulder While The Work Is In Progress.

Every Film Is Its Own Experience, Its Own Planet, Its Own Family. It Seems Infinite When You're Working On It, And Then It's Suddenly Very Finite, And It's Done.

To Me, There's No Greater Reward Than Being Around People You Care About And Can Be Present With.