Once you're in love, you have that excuse to go and do whatever you want.

There's often a natural inclination to want more.

My mom has always been a big advocate, especially in the gay, lesbian, transsexual and bisexual community, so for me it's always been a part of my soul.

If you're directing and acting, I feel like they both suffer, to some extent. There are so many elements to it. If you do acting and directing, at the same time, it's not going to be as good, I believe, as if you focus on one or the other.

At the end of the day, regardless of whether you're doing a huge budget film or a small budget film, you still want the film to do well, and have people see it. That's the whole point. You want to put some kind of message into your films, and you want people to see it.

Ever since I first started acting I've wanted to have a long career.

I was very fortunate and didn't personally encounter any bullies in school, however bullies exist in many ways in life.