The amazing thing is that the more money it takes for a movie to get made, the more you feel like everybody wants you to fail.

I find it very stupid that teenagers could only see caricatures of teenagers but they couldn't see films that you try to be a truthful context, a truthful portrayal of teenagers.

There is a certain thing that you have to just stick to the plan, stick to what you want to do, and you try to work with studios and executives that they get it.

When you work with kids, people tell you to be very delicate, but that's the last thing you should do with kids. They feel patronized if you're like that. They just want you to be normal.

When I learned to switch jealousy for admiration, it unblocked a lot of things.

We're born first humans then after they stamp our passport.

Learn from your experience shooting your film, and then move on to the next.