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.

Just in the past few years - since I've been making movies, which isn't a very long time - you now have a culture that is fascinated and informed about the box office in a way that sometimes filmmakers weren't even.

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

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

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.

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

I would be more frightened as a writer if people thought my movies were like science fiction.