Everybody's trying to make blockbusters.

I sort of straddle the line... between personal movies and mainstream Hollywood.

You have to go by your instincts in casting.

This thing called chemistry, which I can't define and wouldn't know how to, either works or it doesn't. Sometimes a love story can involve very talented actors, but we are not invested emotionally in whether they end up together.

I don't get nervous talking about my films, but if I'm the subject, it's hard.

Compliments aren't really a journalistic angle.

Depicting a terrorist act in a film isn't going to incite terrorism.

There aren't rules in a romance, so they can be played any number of ways.

In terms of level of difficulty, it would go comedy, thriller, and then romantic drama.

There's no money in documentaries.