We are so vocal about what we hate.

Each film is difficult, in its own particular way. There's a unique set of challenges on every movie.

Everyone has expectations. You just don't want to have them dashed, so you're quiet about them.

My film school is making movies. But, I do think that being an actor has served me immensely, as both a writer and director, in terms of knowing what is playable and what will be fun to play, for actors, and also how to communicate to actors on set, and not screw them up and get them in their head.

But, yeah, I'm really happy when I'm writing. When I'm being creative and when I have something that I can put down. You know, if you go out and you overhear a conversation or you have a thought, you have a receptacle to go home and say, 'Oh, this would be great in this script.' Your antenna's out in a different way, and I love that time.

Kindness is not about instant gratification. More often, it's akin to a low-risk investment that appreciates steadily over time.

There are just things you can explore in a movie that you can't in 22 minutes with a laugh track.