A Movie Is Something You

I'm Mystified By The Stuff That Doesn't Work. I'm Mystified By What's Going On In The Critical Side, Too. Stuff I Like Is Getting Trashed And Stuff That Is Being Praised I Think Is Terrible. I Don't Really Feel In Sync With What's Happening, But At The Same Time, What I Think Keeps Me Afloat Is That I Try Not To Be, And Don't Want To Be, Very Indulgent. I Try To Make The Films As Lean As Possible, And To Not Spend A Lot Of Time Crawling Up My Own Ass Creatively.

The Ought To Be A Worldwide Cultural Taskforce That Just Stops You When You Have Ideas Like Combining The Red Desert With An Armored Car Heist Movie.

I'm A Grinder. I'll Beat You Because I Will Not Sleep.

I Grew Up Mostly In The South, And There's Definitely Something About The South That's Different From The North. When People Ask Me Where I'm From, I Say Louisiana. I Spent More Years There Than Anywhere Else.

Anytime You've Got Something That Can Take You Into The Political Realm Then You've Opened Up The Conversation A Lot.