Riley Stearns

'Faults,' in a lot of ways, is still is a heightened film, but the end of the day, it's the real world.…

— Riley Stearns

The script for 'The Art of Self-Defense,' to be fair, I knew going into it that it was going to be a…

— Riley Stearns

To think that there's one version of a man is ridiculous.

— Riley Stearns

I do like to have a clean slate, especially when you're in indie film.

— Riley Stearns

I grew up lower-middle class outside of Austin, I'm a white guy, and I write movies.

— Riley Stearns

Specifically for 'Faults,' the three films I mention most as inspiration are 'Dogtooth,' 'Fargo' and 'Punch-Drunk Love.'

— Riley Stearns

I'm definitely not making movies solely for myself. That's something that I hear people say in the past, all they care about…

— Riley Stearns

I go back home for Christmas every year. Inevitably, somebody from my family will say, 'How's the karate going?' I've told them…

— Riley Stearns

I really like films that don't let the score influence the tone too much.

— Riley Stearns

I have always been fascinated by cults and mind control, and specifically deprogramming from the cult.

— Riley Stearns