“I imagined myself being a filmmaker, but never a director, if that makes any sense at all.”
“Pick up a camera. Shoot something. No matter how small, no matter how cheesy, no matter whether your friends and your sister star in it. Put your name on it as director. Now you’re a director. Everything after that you’re just negotiating your budget and your fee.”
“If you set your goals ridiculously high and it’s a failure, you will fail above everyone else’s success.”
“I’ve always read a lot of science fiction and was fascinated by the weird worlds and different environment.”