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.

I think one thing for sure that you learn the more films that you make is how important it is to choose your collaborators.

I always feel like the editing room is like coming into the kitchen. What kind of a meal do you make from there? It can be anything.

I think movies do change people's hearts.

If you came from the future and you arrived here, what would you be like? Would your immune system be depressed from that travel? Would you be well? Would you be ill? Would you be affected by micro-organisms of the time period and be hiding out in a basement? How would it all work, practically?

If you play it safe every time, then you're missing the best part of acting. You haven't learned anything about your humanity.

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