As A Teenager, I Wanted To Write

We All Give Ourselves A Lot Of Leeway, But We Want Consistency From Other People.

I'd Be Fine If There Weren't Film Festivals, And You Just Made Your Films And Didn't Have To Do Anything From That Point On. That Would Be Really Great, Wouldn't It? I Don't Know. I'm In Kind Of An Aloof Time, Where I'm Not Taking Anything Too Seriously.

I Do Find Myself At The Moment, Due To The Success Of School Of Rock, To Be On People's Radar A Little.

All I've Learned Is That You Need The Studio System Sometimes, If Your Budget Is A Certain Size, And Other Films You Can Do Independently. When I Think Of A Studio, I Generally Think Of Distribution. Since I'm A Director, I Have A Similar Creative Experience On Every Film I Do, Because I Can Control That. But Then It's A Different Film, I Think, As It Reaches The Public, Depending On The Way It's Marketed. I Don't Know. I Haven't Learned Much Of Anything. Sometimes You Need Them, Sometimes You Don't. Sometimes They Want You, Most Of The Time They Don't.

The Big Nut To Crack Is To How To Tell A Story, What’s The Right Way To Tell A Particular Story.