Making a movie is like getting married. You're like, Am I going to marry this project? Am I ready for that kind of commitment?

The bigger the budget, the more you can afford to compromise with Mother Nature. The smaller the budget, the more you're like, Okay, well, we have to do this, but how can we afford to do it. That's when you have to get really creative on the business side, as far as making compromises.

For me, as an actor, the most challenging thing is creating the character in the beginning because you have to write their backstory. The easy part about doing a sequel is that you've done the film, so you already know their backstory.

Scheduling is always tough, no matter what the budget size is, and we had our own run-ins with that, on 'Fading of the Cries.'

If we replaced guns with guitars, then the world would be a concert

If I had 10 ideas and people said yes to all of them, half of them could be crap. But, if I've got 10 ideas and we really only have the budget for one of them, then we have to pick the best one that is our most creative element.

I believe that creativity comes from compromise. If you could have everything you ever wanted, it doesn't always work.