It's hard to get personal films off the ground, and it's hard developing them.

I've always had this idea that I wanted movies to make people better not worse.

The best reason to make a film is that you feel passionately about it.

Acting, for me, is exhausting. I'm always more energized by directing. It's more intense to direct. I can pop in and express myself, then pop out again. It's a huge passion for me.

Boys are easy. I mean, there are just a lot of bruises when they're young. With boys, you get a lot of accidental jabs in the eye and stepping on your feet, and those tantrums they cause when they don't want to leave the toy store.

I was one of those avid moviegoers as a kid, and we didn't have video, so we went to see everything five times. I went to see every foreign film playing in my town. As times went on, I watched a lot less films. I have a different film school now. My film school now is my life experience.

My definition of a friend is somebody who adores you even though they know the things you're most ashamed of.