As a writer, or as a filmmaker, you have to present yourself, and part of what yourself is is what you're interested in, or what you think is funny, or what you think is sad, or what you think is horrible.

Yeah, once we decided to use that replacement animation, and the seams are a function of that animation, and other movies paint those out, we decided we wanted to keep the presence of the animation and the type of animation that it was rather than make it look polished. It created a kind of vulnerability, I think.

I think generally I'm kind of interested in subjective experience, what goes on inside someone's head, that being all they really know of the world.

Seriously, I don't consider myself a writer. I don't think I have writing talent. But I will continue to do it.

You're dealing with the body, and you're dealing with bodily functions. We romanticize everything about people in movies.

There are things that aren't represented in movies that are a big part of everyone's life. This is a movie about health and about the body.

When I found myself in that situation - that actors are like children, I tried to be successful. And when it worked and I figured out how to communicate that things were good - or at least okay - then I felt pleased.