I'm not good at watching stuff that I'm in at all. I should stop. I shouldn't watch something for the first time with a room full of people at Sundance. It's not a good idea.

The quality most important to me, in the films I make, is honesty.

Why are vegans made fun of while the inhumane factory farming process regards animals and the natural world merely as commodities to be exploited for profit?

And I've shot in Prince Edward Island winters, I mean, I've shot in some intense, intense temperatures.

I've never been to Ireland and I've always wanted to go.

Do I think it would be better that people knew the atrocities that Monsanto commits or the influence of corporate money in government or government subsidies for our current food system that's a disaster and not sustainable? Yes. That would be really great, but a lot of that information unless you look for it, it's not available to you because that's not the discussion that's happening on mainstream news.

There’s obviously a lot of tragedy in comedy; I really enjoy the paradox of what a really good comedy is.