I went to college, I went pre-med, I thought I was going to be a doctor.

Being pregnant changes you as a human being and it gives you a whole lot of mixed feelings.

I don't want to make films that give you the answer. If there is a message to my films - and I hope there isn't - it's to be open-minded.

Most people are nostalgic in a way that they're fond of the past, but they still are happy that they are where they are now. You know, when you say, 'Oh, high school was this or that,' you don't want to go back. No matter how much you loved high school, you don't want to actually be back in high school. I certainly wouldn't.

And over the course of the last six years, as I've directed more features and commercials, I've become better at articulating exactly how I want the audience to feel.

'Juno' really changed things for me and I get a lot of screenplays come in now, but I like to self-generate and I like to kind of pursue my own ideas. And I think the more personal the better.

Really, it's the director's job to disappear and allow the movie to just feel.