I've decided I can't really control people's perceptions of me. All I can do is decide on what I work on and how hard I work on it.

Not having any real direction, one writer would lead me to another.

I went to NYU graduate film school and met Pam [Romanowsky], and after doing a few things with her I thought she had the right sensibility and that she could figure it [The Adderall Diaries] out.

I love that the idea of examining memory, and the way memory is edited was made more interesting because it was being filtered through a writer.

I needed an outlet in high school and came across painting. I've actually been painting longer than I've been acting. A movie is a collaborative effort, and with painting you just have yourself.

They say living well is the best revenge but sometimes writing well is even better.

When I was younger, I thought, 'Ok, I'm supposed to do this project because it'll help my career,' but that didn't work because I ended up doing movies that I worked really hard on but I didn't really like and they didn't turn out well, so it was like I lost double. Once I just started working with people and projects I believed in, everything changed and I suddenly had a career that I loved and that I was proud of.