I Was A Disinterested Student.

Hollywood Is Great. I Also Think It's Stupid And Small-minded And Shortsighted.

I Want To Make A Movie That Has Enough Impact That It's Going To Do What It Needs To Do. But I Don't Want To Make A Film That Serial Killers Masturbate To.

What You Learn From That First, And I Don't Call It 'trial By Fire,' I Call It 'baptism By Fire,' Is That You Are Going To Have To Take All Of The Responsibility, Because Basically When It Gets Right Down To It, You Are Going To Get All Of The Blame, So You Might As Well Have Made All Of The Decisions That Led To People Either Liking It Or Disliking It. There's Nothing Worse Than Hearing Somebody Say 'oh, You Made That Movie? I Thought That Movie Sucked,' And You Have To Agree With Them, You Know?

I Learned Just To Be A Belligerent Asshole, Which Was Really: "you Have To Get What You Need To Get Out Of It." You Have To Fight For Things You Believe In, And You Have To Be Smart About How You Position It So That You Don't Just Become White Noise.

You Have A Responsibility For The Way You Make The Audience Feel, And I Want Them To Feel Uncomfortable.