I spent 12 years doing different things in film trying to figure out the story I wanted to tell.

Writing and directing your own film, for me, has been the best experience of my life.

Why is the public so interested in movies about the wealthy? My answer is that Shakespeare wrote about kings. That's where the action is. And it's the classic, cathartic thing. You get to indulge in a lifestyle you're not part of, a tragic error leads to a downfall, and you get to say, 'Thank God I'm not him.'

I think that people need to become more educated about money. We need to stop creating systems that benefit only the most-cutthroat sharks.