There's not enough of those inclusive projects where I feel like I'm interpreting a human being and not just a statistic or a nationality.

Wisdom and white hair might not be as valued [in our society] as in different cultures.

I hope that we start trendsetting [with Everybody Loves Somebody], you know, like having bigger movies also include that. Because I think it'll definitely change a lot of what's going on right now.

All the products that are sold to us - those anti-aging products - are telling us that there's a due date.

I love that in this movie [Everybody Loves Somebody], you almost want to go and hang out with this family.

Something I was adamant about was that the movie [Everybody Lovess Somebody] wouldn't end with, oh, marriage saved [the main character]. They're married and she's OK. I was very pushing on having the ending be that she made an inner growth of healing so that she can then have the ability and the space to love and be loved by someone else, and that love is open-ended and doesn't mean they're going to get married tomorrow and all her problems are solved.

Sadly - and I think this is why it's so important that we do this more - I don't have that guiding light. You know, "Oh, that Sleepless in Seattle bilingual something," like, it doesn't exist. I don't have it in my memory, and that's why I thought it was important to make it.