It's one of those films that kind of defies the 10-second blurb,

Secondarily, I think films that are driven by music also terrify studios.

I became a bit of a jerk. A kind of a nasty jerk.

The fact is that HBO is doing the kind of films and the kind of stories that the movie industry used to do. You look at a lot of the specialty sections of studios that have gone under... and there's no doubt in my mind why filmmakers and screenwriters and actors are ending up at a place like HBO. They do it better than anybody.

I'm used to people thinking I'm nuts. And you know what? I kind of love it.

To look in the eyes of audiences and see the kind of naughty glee that they got with being on the inside, the audience becomes your co-conspirators.