A feature film is an expansion of budget, stress, story, hours, time, workload, everything.

I'm used to working with restrictions and that's when you come up with the more creative stuff.

I never wanted to be a filmmaker. I still, sometimes, think I got sidetracked by this, like this is a tangent. My main thing was painting; I was just going to do that.

The films I like to watch are when they make it relatable to human audiences.

To make filmmaking interesting to me, I want to keep learning things.

I constantly remind myself that there are terrible movies out there. I try to watch them, some of them, to give myself an understanding of what not to do.

I hate the modern day the kids live in. I don't think it's very cool. Everyone's interconnected.

Sometimes there are really happy mistakes.

I've become more like water, I'm more relaxed and I'll say, "Okay, let's just completely change it and do it that way."

Hitler rounded up all of the vampires in Europe.

I've loved comics since I was a kid, collected them, I've always dreamed of being involved in comics.

There are no winners in battle. Just survivors.

Happiness is the overcoming of not unknown obstacles toward a known goal.

The eyes of the world are upon you. The hopes and prayers of liberty-loving people everywhere march with you.

One can't logically argue that because something highly improbable happens, some occult force had to make it happen that way.

Metaphors think with the imagination and the senses. The hot chili peppers in them explode in the mouth and the mind.

We’re all gifted with the opportunity to succeed. But you get further if you extend the hand of friendship.

My mother converted to Catholicism to marry my father.

All children are natural actors, and I'm still a kid. If you grow up completely, you can never be an actor.

I feel like half the battle is not giving up and staying positive. If you don't have anyone in your corner or anyone in your ear, being positive helps you believe that you can get through it.

Playing with appearances and mastering the arts of deception are among the aesthetic pleasures of life. They are also key components in the acquisition of power.