The process of casting a movie has many complicated variables...

I'm a big believer of "when there is a will there is a way" but from the studio's perspective I think it just seems like a bigger leap than you can get a sort of bureaucratic move to make.

Every time I trust my instincts I land on my feet and every time I don't, I go, "Why didn't I trust my instinct?"

Here is the thing, you can make a dope movie and it may never see the light of day. I am crazy proud of my first movie.

I think you don't break new ground in anything in life if you are willing to just follow the rules.

I believe locations should try to be and evoke the characters in a movie.

I am always striving to be the best that I can be as a filmmaker.

I am a loyalist and I really absolutely love film.

I love the opportunity to shoot digital because you can shoot so many takes, it's really malleable, it's a ton of fun, and it is easy.

The opportunity to shoot and get the depth out of the film - that I don't think you can get out of digital - is a huge deal for me.

Do what ought to be done, here and now, to get you somewhere — anywhere.

Some days being a writer consists of telling yourself you aren't insane, your characters are.

It is all very beautiful and magical here - a quality which cannot be described. You have to live it and breathe it, let the sun bake into you.

So many memories and so little worth remembering, and in front of me - a long, long road without a goal.

If a person thinks he can be happy without making those around him happy, he's crazy.

The share of wealth held by the minority is much greater than the share held by the majority. We have to draw our own conclusions from that and it has to change.

Imagination alone is not enough, because the reality of nature is far more wondrous than anything we can imagine

I believe no challenge is more important to the character of America than restoring the right to life to all human beings.

Everybody has to learn that the world works in very specific ways, and you're not in charge of it.

Bridget who is crazy said that sometimes she thought about suicide when commercials come on during TV. She was sincere and this puzzled the guidance counselors.