I thought, "If I can make you feel what it's like for that first super-passionate love, other people might like that too," and, of course, they did.

As a director, you've got to have quite a few projects going because you never know which one will actually come together with the financing and get the green light.

I thought, "If I can make you feel what it's like for that first super-passionate love, other people might like that too," and, of course, they did.

Usually, we have some of those nostalgic moments like, "Oh my god, I can't believe we survived that day," because filmmaking is such a wild roller coaster ride.

I was told 50 percent of the population gets cancer. Everybody is going to be affected.

I just wrote a really cool script. It's called "One Track Mind." It's an origin story about the most successful and the most foul-mouthed, outrageous songwriter in history.

Hardly any filmmakers can just make anything they want. Obviously, there are some exceptions, like Steven Spielberg, but he has that mainstream mentality and the kinds of films he loves to make are the kind that appeal to this big, mass audience.