And so, however many people watch this thing, that's how many different opinions there will be about it. But I don't feel like it has an agenda in terms of its ideology. It just presents a story like a mirror. It's a mirror more than it is than a distorted mirror.

I kicked college nostalgia in my late 20s. As much as I loved college and treasure the memories, I no longer want to go back.

As a person, I'm anti-violence.

I have great people surrounding me and helping me out. I'm totally in love with directing movies and I hope to do more of it.

There's something touching about a kid who's reading a book that's printed on actual paper. I think that anything that kids start reading, within reason, can lead to other discoveries.

You can say something that can really help and actor and you can say something that can really get in the way of an actor's performance, kind of cut them off from their instincts and really get into their heads. And every actor's different. Every actor requires something different. Being an actor, for me, was the greatest training to be a writer and director.

I like movies that are about real people in real time with real problems.