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"I'm terrible at story and structure, but I'm not so bad at writing dialogue."
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"I was very surprised that for a while I could only get cast as straight. It was that way for a few years."


"I don't tend to think of these characters as losers. I like the struggles that people have, people who are feeling like they don't fit into society, because I still sort of feel that way."


"They're not supposed to show prison films in prison. Especially ones that are about escaping."


"I never made a daring rescue, which is the story people want to hear. I did go to my share of fires."


"All these directors, and I would include the Coen brothers and Quentin, have a very unique vision of what they want. They listen to ideas and make people feel like everyone is making the film."


"Trees Lounge is based on my own life. Both my parents like the movie. My father, of course, thinks it's a masterpiece."


"In the beginning, it wasn't even a question of deciding I'm going to do independent film and not commercial films - I wasn't being offered any commercial films, and there wasn't an independent scene."


"I was going to buy a van and move to LA so I could secretly pursue acting without any of my friends knowing."


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