I always find you go back to an animal; it will always show you the sort of primal aspects of behavior. You always know how to respond if you choose that.

I have a profound respect for cinematographers. That is my secret sauce. Like they are everything to me.

I admire actors and artists who devote just as much time to their life as they do to their work.

I'm at a period in my life when I'm figuring out my idea of who I am and what I want and how to hold onto love -- all that big stuff. And I'm starting to realize that it can happen at any age. I know people who are in their 50s who are figuring out what they want and who they are, and I think it's great. It's like you're always approaching life as a beginner.

I don't think I'm sharp enough to not prepare and come on set and kill it.

Hardest emotion? They're all pretty damn hard; I don't know really if there's one specifically, but I do think, I don't know what's happening or what I'm feeling when I'm actually listening.

I like the conscious manipulation that a great director can have. When you're both complicit in the manipulation of an emotion.