When you do a studio picture, all the paperwork and legal stuff is already taken care of!
To come up short when you reach too far is not such a bad thing rather than not to reach at all, right?
There's so much diversity of opinion out there, so ultimately you have to listen to it, put it aside, and make what you want to make.
There are trappings of science fiction which I kind of embrace, but there are also cliches which I run from.
Sometimes, if you leave yourself open, an actor can bring nice nuances to a character.
I'm always coming back with too much footage. Most filmmakers do, but I'm always surprised that it keeps happening to me.
I went to Long Beach State, started out as an actor.
