The more time you invest in something, potentially, the deeper the emotional impact of the climax. It's true of relationships, too.

Being a waitress can be a very brutal job sometimes, and I remember during the training, the person said to me, "The redder the lips, the better the tips," and that was like the only advice she gave me.

I think we're scared of intimacy - all of us, a little bit.

I think we're always looking for an excuse to connect.

I'm really into rocks. I have a really serious rock collection. Rocks and feathers and shells and strange found things in nature. I have a lot of those kinds of collections.

A whole film is just about arriving at a moment where you hopefully transfer some feeling to the audience.

Early rejections are really tough, especially when all of your friends who you went to school with now have legitimate jobs, are getting married, having children, buying real estate, being adults. And you're still trying to figure out how to make a living doing the thing you think you love, but you're not even sure yet because you haven't even done it. It was a long road of risk and treachery.