I know my mother-in-law would drive two hours to go see a movie that I'm in.

Some scripts are pretty sparse.

I was a very independent teenager.

People have something on their mind. It almost feels [on marches against now-President Donald Trump] like after-tragedy. People seem sort of preoccupied.

It's always nice for me to get to explore somebody who's feeling that and then does something with it and takes it in a different direction or does something with it. It feels very powerful. It helps me with my own.

I love festivals because I feel like I'm more of a movie fan than a person who's in the film industry.

I read every single review, because I love film criticism and I'm interested.