Humans are vulnerable, messy little animals and that's normal. And all I want to do is make a space for that in my films.

Grief and memory go together. After someone dies, that's what you're left with. And the memories are so slippery yet so rich.

We never did things as we were supposed to do. That was part of our ethic. We did what felt right to us, not what someone told us we should do.

I'm not a craftsman of graphics or art or film. I'm more of an idea generator and manufacturer.

As a son of a man who pretended to be one thing for 33 years of my life and then was another thing, the questions of 'what is real' and 'what is not real' are very blurrily vivid to me.

The littlest thing can have the strongest connection when you're grieving. Your Proustian, poetic nerve is turned up to ten.

My graffiti really comes more from a May '68, sort of Situationist vibe than the hip-hop world. I think a real graffiti artist would find me a poser.

Actors are pretending for you, but they're not lying. They are not putting on a guise instead of themselves. They are finding things inside that they have experienced.

There is a drunkenness to grief, which is good.

I am intrigued by inanimate objects. They're a piece of history, someone's statement and ideas of life.

I was so happy with my bow ties from the last kickstarted project that I'm back for more.

What's aero braking? That's a way to use the gravity and upper atmosphere of Earth to sling shot a ship out either deeper into space, or slow it down to be 'captured' by Earth's gravity.

Kissing power is stronger than will power: Girls need to "prove their love" like a moose needs a hat rack.

Getting the Oscar had the biggest impression on me.

I do not find it easy to talk to people I don't know.

Children do run from me. And so do some adults.

People are more important than things.

In truth, feminism is flawed because it is a movement powered by people and people are inherently flawed.

I do still like television very much, but the theatre does really have something special about it.

I never wanted to be the annoying kid on set.

I'd love to come to New Zealand!! I've been to Australia a few times - I'm well aware it's not the same country. I've heard from people it's beautiful - great diving, music and no scary animals.