I love so many different genres. I love crime films - and unusual coming-of-age pieces.

The brutality that can take place in a crime film heightens the tenderness that can also be there.

You only get one world premiere of your directorial debut.

You can be moved by an animated film and not by a live action film. There could be great inspiration in and humanity in that animated story.

It's so easy today to get swept up in celebrity fixation and materialism and searching for some validation outside of yourself when we know it's really found within and through meaningful connections with other people.

My brothers were the ones who taught me about mythology and storytelling, and showed me how to do stop-motion animation.

If you do the math, films featuring women are a good investment.