As a child, I probably knew phrases that other children didn't known, like "pitocin drip" or "myocardial infarction." Some kind of knowledge was always in the air. My parents would always talk about science at the dinner table, saying something about this patient or some other patient. So I guess for a nanosecond in early high school, I thought about going into medicine.

I'm from that world where I feel so comfortable making small independent movies.

Is it possible that there are no coincidences?

I want to make a bunch of small movies. I'm really interested in that for me in the future.

'The Last Airbender' is genetically engineered for me. I love martial arts. I study it. The movie's based on a lot of Buddhist and Hindu philosophy. I was raised Hindu.

You don't want to watch classics with me 'cause I'm constantly writing notes.

There's no staying where you were. If you're not doing anything, your skills and point of view are atrophying.