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The kinds of films that I'm used to doing are independent films. They're very small character-driven pieces, and there isn't as much spectacle involved.

I think making a movie is like drawing or creating an art piece. The artwork reflects part of your personality, but not all.

It's great to be in a film that's able to have people really want to become socially conscious, to walk out of the theatre and want to do something.

There's a level of sophistication of filmmaking that's mind-boggling. Anything you need for your movie, there's an establishment that can make it happen really fast.

On a studio film, you don't have to worry about running out of film or messing up your costumes; you have five other sets of it. Studio films make you the most comfortable so you can just act.

There's no point in making films unless you intend to show us something special, otherwise just go out and watch a play.

I guess, you make a big studio film, you spend a lot of money on it and you hope people go see it. It's really risky.

There's always gonna be people with a lot of money making film, and the goal is to make profit and carry on. It is a business. The goal is to make a living doing it and to be comfortable.

Today, everything has to be made by committee, and has to have special effects, but there's always room for good films.

It's very difficult to break into motion pictures, but it's oddly easier for directors today because of independent films and cable, who have inherited for the most part those films of substance that the studios are reluctant to finance.