It's an important part of being a member of society to know what's happening in the world and to know where you fall in it and what you can do about it.

You have to tease enough misinformation and lack of information to hopefully make people want more.

When you think about being a director, you think about writing stories, putting the camera in interesting places and directing the actors to get your vision, but it's hard to imagine even this process... sitting here nine months later talking about the film and talking about it 20 times in one day. You don't even think about the part where you come to the set every morning and everyone's looking at you to see your mood in order to see what the day is going to be like, and the influence that you wield.

Your movie should lull people into a place of openness and vulnerability. If it is just a diatribe, it's never going to work.

I have aspirations of making a big, historical epic. I don't know if I'll ever get the money to do it.

If you have something really important you want to say, you have to read your audience, I guess.

I definitely pay attention to details. I think one of the hardest things about making a movie is that it can be scrutinized over and over again. If anything just isn't right, it's going to take you out of the film.