I Do Love Directing. I'm Only Comfortable

I’m Someone Who Can Sit In A Buddhist Temple, And I Can Sit With Pentecostals Or With Orthodox Jews, And I Still Feel Like I Am In Tune With All Of Them.

I Didn't Grow Up Watching Film But As A Ukrainian-american, Music And Stories And Dance Are Crucial.

I Feel My Fuller-bodied Characters Are All In The Independent Films I Do, And In The Studio Productions, I Have To Work Harder To Dimensionalize The Characters. And That's Certainly Part Of The Job Description Of An Actor - That's What You're Supposed To Do - But You Have To Work Harder At It In The Characters That I've Encountered In Studio Films.

I Can't Do Los Angeles. I've Always Been The Anti-barbie. I Don't Want To Be In A Place Where Almost Every Woman Walks Around With Puffy Lips, Little Noses And Breasts Large Enough To Nourish A Small Country.

It's A Delicate Thing For Me, With How Involved I Am In Social Media And Being A Part Of People's Lives In A Way That They Want Me To.