"I remember working on movies like Gettysburg and feeling that Jeff Daniels was kind of a mentor."

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"I remember working on movies like Gettysburg and feeling that Jeff Daniels was kind of a mentor."

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"Ultimately, it has been a struggle- but I was in Minneapolis and Austin a couple of weeks ago, sitting in theaters with complete strangers watching this weird movie that Kirk and I thought up and I was excited to be making film."

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"No, I'm not a comic book guy. I'm pretty fascinated with the subculture though and I do think that the world of comic books is such a natural transition into film."

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