I pretty much believe that a film is a film and when an audience watches a film, they finish it.

I was so happy with my bow ties from the last kickstarted project that I'm back for more.

L.A. is so isolated and unhip in a way; it gives you room to figure out who you are and explore more personal stuff.

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.

I don't really believe that documentary is objective reality and fiction is all illusion.

We never did things as we were supposed to do. That was part of our ethic. We did what felt right to us, not what someone told us we should do.

As someone who grew up in a house where there wasn't a lot of talking, I'm used to just looking at the world. And in general I often feel like I just don't understand what's happening. That everybody else does, but I don't quite get it.