I consider myself somewhat spiritual, but not practicing.

I did not grow up a cinefile. No one in my family was in the film business or even anything close to it.

When you're on a boat, it is this tiny little island where you have to be completely self-sufficient.

I had a caricature view of the guy in the beret with the big megaphone­­, but a movie director and writer was beyond my role of understanding.

When it feels scary to jump, that’s exactly when you jump. Otherwise you end up staying the same place your whole life. And that I can’t do.

I consider myself somewhat spiritual, but not practicing.

I grew up in suburban New York City and London, England, where my dad was working.