The area of teenage life is not necessarily rarefied; we've all gone through that period. It's not as rarefied as a western or a space adventure or a gangster film, but it has its own dynamic.

If it were up to the executives, they probably wouldn't have directors at all.

I have my ideas of what a good documentary is, but drama is a different animal because you're arranging everything.

If Im diagnosed with cancer I might become despondent, but someone young might not, and they might need connections with somebody outside their circle of family because their family is so despondent.

When you're on a film and you're doubting something, it's usually because you don't think the audience is going to like it.

Free time keeps me going.

For all the boredom the straight life brings, it's not too bad.