I'd Come Into Filmmaking As

Usually When I Read Something, First Of All I'm Looking For The Story And Then When I Reread It, I'm Sort Of Checking Every Part Of It To See If Every Scene Is Necessary.

In High School, I Read 'silas Marner' And I Was Very Attracted To This Character - He Was Very Rundown And He'd Just Stop, And Things Would Happen Around Him.

My Art Teacher In Junior High Was A Very Out Gay Man And A Mentor To Me.

Apparently There’s This Kind Of Songbird That Thinks It Dies Every Time The Sun Goes Down. In The Morning, When It Wakes Up, It’s Totally Shocked To Still Be Alive—so It Sings This Really Beautiful Song.

The Rules Of Suspense Are That You Do Know, And You Just Don't Know When. In The Hitchcock Rules Of Suspense, You Are Supposed To Know That There Is A Bomb On The Bus That Might Blow Up, And Then It Becomes Very Tense - But If You Don't Know That There's A Bomb And It Just Blows Up, Then It's Just A Surprise.