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When you're making an independent film what you don't have in time and money you have to make up with creativity and diligence.

I think the way you make a movie dictates the movie that you make.

Creatively, it's great, because when you write your own movies, you get to create whatever you want.

In America, I don't think you have the creative freedom that I'm used to. Traditionally, it's a producer's cinema here.

Making movies is a way of understanding myself and the world.

It is important to make your own stuff. Even if you are not an actor, it is important to not stop involving yourself as a creative person.

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

You know, I feel like my job is to write a book. Then filmmakers come and they make a movie. And they're two really different art forms.

People have a different idea of how movies are made than they really are.

Making movies is a very different experience in a lot of ways. It's difficult when you're used to owning the copyright and having a landlord's possessory rights - I rent my plays to the companies that do them and, if I'm upset, I can pull the play. But the only two directors I've worked with are pretty great.