It takes years to readjust dynamics and relationships, and to overnight create the new dynamic, I was surprised by how challenging that was for me personally.

We need to humanize women instead of making the idea of a woman be so stigmatized. That's what's interesting to me as a writer and a director - being able to tell stories that represent women as human beings and don't relate specifically to their gender. I want to just allow them to have their journeys.

Because of the high altitude, you get drunk really fast. So everyone's drunk all the time.

I keep to myself, but I love life.

Ben Affleck inspired me and reignited my love for acting and filmmaking. It was a big part of getting me to a place where I felt inspired to make my own movie.

Being on a set for one day is hard enough no matter what it is. You're the new guy, and you go in, and as you get comfortable it's over.

It takes 300 years, it seems, for the great bands to get their due.