The informing idea of what you want to say and do, that's what will take you from film school to professional - the idea. That's what is original to you.

The informing idea of what you want to say and do, that's what will take you from film school to professional -- the idea. That's what is original to you.

I tend to be attracted to characters who are up against a wall with very few alternatives. And the film then becomes an examination of how they cope with very few options. And that's, I guess, what interests me in terms of human behavior.

Film school is a complete con, because the information is there if you want it.

To me, film right now is dormant. It's a sleeping giant. It's the plaything of corporations. The people who determine what American film is today are no different from high rollers who go to Las Vegas. They just want to take all the money and put it on one big number and roll the dice on that number and if it craps out, next number. Next case.

I didn't go to film school, I went to acting school.