I was just a quiet kid, really. I wasn't the class clown at all.

'Little Miss Sunshine' was one of those small movies that you don't hold out huge hope for. It's usually found in small pockets. But, it ended up getting a real following and worked out pretty well.

Everybody's family has problems.

I don't think there's any connection between my journalism career and my film career. They are two totally different mediums and very different skills.

She is such a scene-stealer. She's got these lashes and big eyes, and when she walks on to the set everybody just says "ooh."

If a woman has one cat, it will invariably turn into 20.

When I look back on my childhood, I think of that short time in Beirut. I know that seeing the city collapse around me forced me to grasp something many people miss: the fragility of peace.