My day-to-day local issues are rooted in an underlying fear of death.

If you film a scene in a wide shot, especially a disturbing, distressing moment, I do feel like that helps you feel as though you're the room with these people, instead of cutting it up and getting close - which you wouldn't be doing if you were actually in a room with these people.

A lot of young people think they are not going to die - and that's a great thing about being a young person, is living in this carefree oblivion.

I do have commitment phobia, which I think is underlied by death anxiety. I feel that if you are in a relationship, there is a real genuine possibility of plateauing, and there is a possibility for a creative, emotional and spiritual death because of it. Only part of me feels this way, but it's enough to create an anxiety which makes me think twice before committing.

Im from Boston, and I get easily overwhelmed in New York, so I go to Boston and stay with my parents for a few months at a time to write, or edit, or just to cry.

My day-to-day local issues are rooted in an underlying fear of death.

What I like in comedies are really two things: stories that are character-driven and stories that are rooted in authenticity.