I like stories that grow, that have unpredictable layers. As opposed to Hollywood movies that start out with a lot of shock and noise and peter out into an unconvincing cliche.

He's a failed Hollywood writer in his 50s and he's going back to Phoenix to address a problem he has with his father. This is where I think [writer/director] Bob Dolman has been really clever.

I like Hollywood movies. I like them like I like to eat scrambled eggs; I like them for fun.

The Hollywood movies are more like novels, and the kinds of films I make are more like poems.

It has been a great experience to act in Hollywood movies with actors like Ben Kingsley.

I make movies for grownups. When Hollywood starts making them again, I'll start acting in them again.