Starting with 'Thirteen,' my known technique is to cast the lead, then find someone with whom they have incredible chemistry.

Nowadays, to get a movie greenlit, you have to make an incredible effort.

My first movie, 'Thirteen,' and it was very real - almost too real. It was very gritty, with raw human emotion. I'd love to do something like that again.

Thirteen points is a lot to come back from, but we got their lead down to two points. That's four possessions we can't give away.

Every day I'm intrigued and sometimes outraged by things that no one talks about. Current is a chance to be heard, and send think-bombs out into the world.

I hope I haven't grown up. The cliche for all artists is that you don't want to lose that child inside. I think when you get sedentary and set in your ways, you can lose a lot of that spontaneity and creativity. I hope I'm holding on to that.