My biggest growth has been sitting with things that are uncomfortable and dealing with them.

You're not always going to hit the bull's-eye. I'm going to make movies that work and I'm going to make movies that don't work, and that's just a part of being creative. Because really, I think if you're taking risks and you're pushing yourself and you're doing things that scare you, you are going to fall on your face, and it's not always going to work.

I cut coupons, love specials and believe in buying toilet paper and toothpaste in bulk. It's just who I am.

I haven't tucked a sock in my pants for three years.

I grew up in a trailer park in Bellingham, Washington.

My relaxation has always been my animals - going to the dog park with them, going to the beach.

When I was a swimmer and I would lose a heat in something I was doing whether it backstroke or breaststroke, were two of my most strongest strokes, I would look at how whoever it was that won and beat me and think, "What did they do? What were... What were the qualities that they had that I can incorporate into my swimming to make me better?"