There were certain things that I watched, and I screened a series of period films as well, not because I wanted to copy those, because I wanted to be different. “Far from the Madding Crowd” was one I looked to because I thought it looked so good. “Doctor Zhivago.” Unrequited love is always a great thing. “Tess” was something I looked at, I thought Polanski got the period right.

Everyone has a story.

Everybody has the ability to be manipulative, to be hateful and deceitful.

I didn't choose BYU, I like to think it chose me.

I wanted to tell a story that interested me as much in the telling as in the watching.

I think Christine and Chad are on the opposite extremes of the spectrum. Christine is a model victim, and Chad is a model perpetrator, and Howard is closer to the middle.

Movies are - all I've found is that they're just tougher and tougher to make.