In the end it all comes down to enthusiasm. Your creativity is basically your expression of God-force.
People don't want to be plagued by not knowing-they want answers.
I think in some ways you learn more from the things you don't like than the things you do.
I'm not really equipped to do anything else but making movies. In every other aspect of my life I'm a total failure.
I've worked with a lot great directors who have huge resumes, but I'm really trying to be active in my career in supporting the new generation of cinema. I like taking some time to try to support and be a part of that.
From where I started to where I'm at right now I'm loaded in retrospect to the opportunities that I have. As far as money and the scheme of the world, I don't cash in. I do films because I'm sensitive and maybe stupid, and that I feel like I'm going to have fun on and feel like I'm going to have a good experience with. It's not about punching in and selling soap.
I want my audience to say, "Wow, this is a film I'm benefiting from. I'm benefiting from what this filmmaker is trying to say. " I'd always rather learn and be entertained than be entertained and feel myself getting dumber by the moment.
My parents were teetotalers and my grandparents were - it's all the way back. It's New English puritanical tradition.
Inspiration is everywhere! I think you just have to have your eyes open.
Sometimes I live in fear. But when I have to take chances about people I love, relationships, my daughter and immediate family, those decisions are easy.
It's cool to see everybody come together and do their own thing, but there's never been any drama. I never saw any on the X-Men set, and I never saw any on the Horror Story set.