My best male friend is my best friend until he crosses me. We're all protective of the self.

But even with a character like Cary who is relatively outlandish, at the end of the movie he's in a place where I wouldn't have expected him to be - taking on the responsibility of a woman who is pregnant and who used to be his best friend's wife.

And I've got some screenplays and plays ready to dip into when I need to.

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

People have perhaps gotten to the point where for the most part movies are a just bit of escape.

I felt, if I'm going to take on some of the most overdone material, which is men and women and affairs and betrayal of friends, I had better have a new take on it. I think my films come from a desperation not to be boring.

Everyone has a story.