I grew up in Oklahoma and Missouri, and I just loved film. My folks would take us to the drive-in on summer nights, and we'd sit on the hood of the car. I just had this profound love for storytelling.

It's a lovely experience walking around a museum by yourself.

You just have to get one misstep - that's an easy way to fall into caricature. Bad caricature.

No more excuses. I can't blame anything on my parents. I'm responsible for my mistakes and my choices.

Getting a burp out of your little thing when she needs it is probably the greatest satisfaction I've come across at this point in my life.

Within time, you get comfortable with yourself and with the unknown - that we're not going to know until that time comes. And that's enough for me. I wrestle with this a lot even now because I don't want to step on anyone's religion. My family is still very dedicated. At the same time, I take great issue with it when it starts defining policy or ultimately becomes separatist. ... It's been the basis of our main conflicts throughout history.

I was very curious about the world even at a young age, and I don't know at what point I became aware that other cultures believed in different religions, and my question was, 'Well, why don't they get to go to Heaven then?'