When you make a movie, it's up to so many things and so many people.
I get offers to do huge-budget music videos with big production companies all the time, but I have no interest.
I don't want to have to compromise my morals in order to make a living.
I like creating beauty out of scary things.
I can't censor myself; it's really important for me to say how I feel.
From an early age, I knew I would be unhappy if I wasn't doing something creative.
Just because something might not have a deep philosophical meaning doesn't mean it's not important or relevant.
Sometimes, I go to Barnes & Noble with the sole intention of moving all copies of the bible to the fiction section.
The issue of torture, connected to American soldiers, is not somewhere most people want to linger. We may not want to confront this issue so much in the U. S. because of how we want to think about our veterans. There's the sense that we want to think of our veterans as - if they're damaged, damaged by something glamorous, like a firefight.
When I'm off the road, my husband and I recharge our batteries. It's a day of deep rest and connection with the spiritual, and that can be anything - going for a walk in nature, being in silence, burning incense.
My whole life has been about changing negatives into positives.