Just trying to get a film made which is always difficult no matter what kind of a budget you have. Not having a budget makes it even more difficult. Having nineteen days and no budget makes it extremely difficult.

But I did on projects that I produced, that I directed, that I acted in because it was important. I want to be a filmmaker. I don't want to be an actor who directs, I want to be a director. I want to be a filmmaker. So that's a big difference... view

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Ever since I've left, I've been doing nothing but this film and traveling, promoting and doing festivals. So the good thing is that I'm not sitting around pining over whether I made the right choice in leaving. I'm moving and grooving... view

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I think that you make the best choice with the information that you have before you at that given time... view

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I think American cinema, particularly, has become so disposable. It's not even cinema, It's just moviemaking... view

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The films that have influenced me and the films that have motivated me and inspired me were films that resonated, films that made me think after I saw them... view

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Maybe It's not the biggest blockbuster film, but there will be some people that will see it, that will be debating it, that will be questioning their own sense of spirituality. If the film resonates, then I have succeeded in what I set out to do... view

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You can't do psychological thrillers. There's no audience. I've heard this. I've heard this from studios... view

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It's my company and I believe in the company that's why I started it... view

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So It's not like I go from being this disciplined person who has to get up and go to work to now I just lay around all day in my underwear eating Cheerios. I have this structure. I still have to do this and the difference is I'm doing this for me and my company... view

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I don't see me doing $100 million films because $100 million films, the very nature of them, you need to offend as few people as possible just to make your money back... view

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Well that's the point: People don't normally take away things from films anymore. You go and see a $100 million film, half an hour later, your biggest concern is what are you going to be eating... view

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But I try not to become preoccupied with that because with whatever direction I follow, with whatever advice I've followed or not followed, It's landed me in New York, in a very beautiful hotel, talking to people about something that I love. So I ain't that far off... view

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