I did a film that I shot in 24 hours that was self-financed for $5,000. It was a feature called Looking For Jimmy that I shot with a bunch of friends. I spent eight months editing because we had 24 hours of footage that made no sense and I learned a lot about directing while editing that film.

I think it's obsessions that a lot of people share, but they don't dare to talk about openly.

It's terrifying. Women make their first film, their second film, and then it's like a nightmare, right, to make the third or fourth? I mean, it's almost like men can have three films in a row that don't do that well and keep on going.

I'm a very independent person, I love being alone, writing and doing music and stuff.

I always wanted to write a story about a couple coming to that moment in their relationship where either they keep on going or it ends.

The people that are succeeding have often had a mentor of some kind. I think it makes a huge difference.

People around you that you feel you're close to, are they really wishing you good things, you know?