"He's an artist and he reaches a point where he doesn't feel comfortable painting anymore. He doesn't feel that he's good at it anymore. He doesn't understand why he's doing it. And I think what he does in also a male way, he retreats from it. He tries to figure out a way around having to deal with it and he goes back to Montana to sort of hunt up his past, I think, to avoid having to face the future."

"He doesn't relate very well to anybody. What he finally learns through the course of the film is how to relate from himself and to be honest with himself, hopefully."