There are a lot of good stories out there, but I haven’t found too many great scripts.

There was a time – before I made movies – when I was more forgiving, but now that I’ve learned as much as I have, I want to do movies that I want to see, that have their own unique flavor.

I want to make movies that people talk about when they leave the theater, that aren’t clear-cut, but effective and fulfilling in some sense.

The point is to expand the scope of what a movie can possibly mean or be, to get people involved because they’re artistic or understand the point of the material, not just because they fit a certain bill aesthetically.

I only want to make movies I want to see. That may mean my career is somewhat limited, but that is my version of integrity. No matter how it performs or how it’s received, I can be okay with it.

But I’m not particularly comfortable around guns.

I’ve written something and I would like to have my first film directed by the time I’m 30.

Where you raise your children isn’t as important as how you raise your children.

At 27, it’s great to get to a place where I’m not an actor for hire anymore.

The idea of doing something that you’ve seen a thousand times before doesn’t appeal to me.