I find playwriting really painful. I love it or I wouldn't do it but I don't love the theater as much as I love movies.

The thing is there have been American movies that are similar to Solaris like Alien had a lot of things that are similar although it's also got the horror element.

I want to see as many movies as I can and I covet a lot of weird influential movies.

I grew up in L.A. and I don't think I've seen L.A. onscreen in a way that felt real to me. There are definitely movies but they are few and far between.

I think movies are good for getting into dream states or exploring weird alternate states of thinking.

There's more to life than movies.

I think movies have much more magic than the theater. Theater can be a magical experience but movies thrust their subjectivity on you in a more profound way.

My sense is I think it's okay for directors to do movies that speak to other work in their career.

I don't think the competition's so rough within the majority of movies made in Hollywood.

I don't have a lot of patience for boring arthouse movies.