I'd Come Into Filmmaking As

When You Get To Be 23, 24 Or 25, You Start To Freeze Up And Become An Adult.

I Was Petrified Because All My Friends Would Be Going To Washington, Dc, To Protest. I Was Sixteen, And I Was Like, "i Don't Think I'll Be Going With You Guys," Just Because I Was Scared. Then You Saw The News, And Cops - Not Students In Schools With Guns - Cops Are Killing Sixteen Year Old Protesters On The News. To Me That Was More Horrifying, To Have The Authority Figures Actually Killing People On The Evening News, Than To Have Another Student Firing A Gun.

Joanna Priestley Is One Of The Most Interesting And Adept Personal Animators And Filmmakers. I Have Enjoyed Her Work For Years And Been Amazed At How She Gets Into Her Own Thoughts Onto The Screen In A Very Elegant And Focused Way. You Have To See This.

Free Time Keeps Me Going. It's Just Something That's Always Been A Part Of My Life. I Was Originally A Painter, And I Made Films Sort Of As An Extension Of That, And Then I Started To Try To Make Dramatic Films Because The Early Films Were Experimental Films.

Wong Kar-wai Is A Really Great Inspiration. He's Always Referred To As The Jimi Hendrix Of Filmmaking.