The Situation In The Film

My Dad Had A Commercial Film Company, So He Had A Videotape Player Before Anyone. So He Got Mel Brooks Movies Or Citizen Kane Or Some Classic Old Movies. And Every Summer The Revival House In Evanston Would Show The Great Films From The '50s And '60s And '70s.

You Just Try To Get The Best Jobs That You Can Get. Sometimes I Produce My Own Movies, So That's Your Own Sort Of Vision. That Helps Things. I Don't Know What It Is. Probably Just Circumstance. I've Definitely Been Aware Of The Fact That I Want To Do Different Things.

I Think That Poe Is So Resonant Because He Represents That Part Of Us That Is In Misery Or Sorrowful Or Wants To Explore The Darkness. He Wrote A Great Story Called 'the Imp Of The Perverse' About The Instinct Towards Self-destruction. Poe Is The Godfather Of Goth Literature And That Whole Movement.

It's Supposed To Feel Good To Throw A Brick At The Right People. There Is A Long Tradition Of Naming And Ridiculing And Shaming And Calling The Villains What They Are. Usually It Was The Artistocracy Of The Day And Satire Was The Only Way To Speak Truth To Power.

I Was Never A Joiner. I Tried - I Had People I Admired And Liked And Wanted To Hang With, But I Ended Up Starting A Theatre Company And That Took Me Back To Chicago... I Guess I Wasn't A Scenester In The End. Something Must Have Worked Out Right, As I'm Still Here - But I'm Only A Binge Socialite.