I find it really awkward to do a scene where I'm supposed to seem like I'm in love.

The only time I felt like a weird exploiter - even though I knew I wasn't one - was when I was writing a sex scene between me and my adorable co-star [Adam Driver] in which he had to tell me how much he loved my potbelly. It seemed like a weird wish-fulfillment thing, where I'm directing my own fantasy.

There is something vulnerable about showing your tattoos to people, even while it gives you a feeling that you are wearing a sleeve when you are naked.

The thing that's so hard about being a kid is you don't have enough knowledge to explain things yourself.

There is a sort of backlash of people who feel like you're not representing them accurately, and you want to say as elegantly as you can, "I wasn't trying to represent you I, was just doing what I could do to make being alive easier for me." And if it helped anyone or made them feel comforted in the process then it's the greatest thing you can ask for.

I have work, and then I have a dinner thing. And then I am busy, trying to become who I am.

One of the reasons I'm so proud of my mother is she took her skills of over a 40 years photographic career and translated that to a film.