It's very scary to turn things down, but a project has to really mean something to me. I'm not interested in making a lot of money.

Because I had a lot of emotional upheaval in my life, I'm attracted to stories about characters whose lives are full of wounds and secrets. I'm not interested in who's going to ask me to the prom. I never went to a prom.

A barrier for me - which has been both a strength and a weakness - has been my taste. The kind of things I'm interested in aren't always mainstream.

I'm not interested in making money. It's just that with my talent, I'm cursed with it.

I'm always drawn to stories about characters who are somewhat isolated inside themselves by their inability to communicate in some way. That's what interested me about 'Children of a Lesser God.'

I'm not interested in making a $60-million studio film with a bunch of 24-year-olds telling me what to do.