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.

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

To me, sadness and humor aren't disrelated and humor is the best tool I've had against the sadness in my life.

There's some movies I watch, they're kind of like my anti-anxiety pill, my anti-depressant pill. I watch them at least once or twice a month probably. And I never stop learning from them as a filmmaker.

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.

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.