I'm so associated with being young and being with a teenager.

I'm so associated with being young and being with a teenager.

I can't stand films that make the kids out to be heroes and the parents to be imbeciles.

I think people assume that women write about the domestic sphere. Women write about relationships and family. Men do, too, but then it's the Great American Novel.

Originally I considered myself a singer.

Usually the kids are portrayed as very one-dimensional. Like these mindless animals that just have three things on their minds: getting laid, getting drunk, and driving real fast over Mulholland Drive.

Did you work for the money to buy those earrings? Or did your Daddy buy those for you?