I Was A Tv Junkie As A

Turning 30 Was When My Parents Both Got Cancer And Were Fighting It And Beat It, But Their Mortality Started To Get To Me. Everything Wasn't As Hunky-dory Like It Was.

I Don't Think I Make Genre Films. I Think Studios Try To Sell Films As Genres Because They Know How To Do That. There's Nothing Wrong With That. I Don't Know What I Make. It's Sort Of A Pot Roast, All My Films.

In Seventh Grade I Had A Magical Teacher, Her Name Was Mrs. Fried. She Wore Only Pink, She Drove A Pink Mustang, And She Was Half Out Of Her Head. But Very Inspiring. And One Day She Said, "take Out A Paper And Pen And Write Something About Peace." For Some Reason I Wrote A Poem On Noah - I Don't Know Why I Chose Noah - And It Turned Out It Was For A Contest For The Un. I Ended Up Winning And Reading The Poem In Front Of The Un. I Remember Mrs. Fried Telling Me, "when You Write Your First Book, Dedicate It To Me." That Was Like, "whoa."

As Filmmakers, We Can Show Where A Person's Mind Goes, As Opposed To Theater, Which Is More To Sit Back And Watch It.

I Spent About A Year And A Half Doing Technical Post Work On 'the Fountain'. Although I Do Like The Process, I Think My Favorite Part Of Filmmaking Is The Actors.