Life is too short for a half-rack.

Film is endlessly just beyond your reach. I think that's what I love so much about it.

Grief and memory go together. After someone dies, that's what you're left with. And the memories are so slippery yet so rich.

To me it's like, every time I'm a director, like today, you're the captain of the ship, so you better dress like it. You're the host of the party.

I'm into people's emotional lives and relationships and the complications of living. That's my turf.

Humans are vulnerable, messy little animals and that's normal. And all I want to do is make a space for that in my films.

I would hate to think I'm promoting sadness as an aesthetic. But I grew up in not just a family but a town and a culture where sadness is something you're taught to feel shame about. You end up chronically desiring what can be a very sentimental idea of love and connection. A lot of my work has been about trying to make a space for sadness.