When I was growing up, all the art that touched me was lens-generated, like Gerhard Richter, or Polke, Rauschenberg, Warhol.

In order to engage in an 'experiencing of the world,' one has to physically move oneself to the most diverse places on earth.

I see my practice as picture making. Whatever is available, I use.

I want the pictures to be working in both directions. I accept that they speak about me, and yet at the same time, I want and expect them to function in terms of the viewer and their experience.

Well, the truth is that a lot of people lie about their health, they lie about the finances, they lie about things at work, they lie about things.

We are particularly interested in the mental health programs and policies that support our troops and their families before, during, and after deployment to Iraq and Afghanistan.

I was afraid that if I surrendered my life over to God, God would tell me not to do those things that I desperately wanted to do.

Oh my God, I love UCLA so much. Their film school is great because it's unstructured, so there's a freedom to fail in there and just tell your story, and everybody makes a film. It's so important to have that freedom in film school because that's what you're there for: to learn and make a film.