My Directing Style Is Long Takes. The

My Grandparents Were Classic Indian Grandparents. My Grandmother Would Put So Much Powder On Her Face That It Was Like A Kabuki Play And She'd Come Down The Stairs. I Was Like 8 Or 9 Years Old. My Grandfather Apparently Had No Teeth Because He Would Take Out His Teeth And Put Them In A Glass, And Then He Would Try To Scare Me With It. I Started To Try To Scare Them When I Was A Little Older.

You're Never The Same. You're Degrading, Or You're Getting Better. You Don't Stay The Same.

I'm From That World Where I Feel So Comfortable Making Small Independent Movies.

A Tv Show Where All Of The Characters Are Trying To Figure Out What's Going On, And The Suspense Of That, Fits My [voice] Really Well. You Feel Their Frustration, Anger And Fear, And Then, When The Reveal Happens, Their Sense Of Dread Or Horror, Or Whatever It Is, And I Like To Paint With Those Colors.

When You Find Your Voice, Your Life Takes On Grace.