I thought at the time of my parents' divorce that I was upset by deeper, more profound things and I was just taking it out on the joint custody agreement. But that disruption was bad enough. That was a huge deal for a teenager.

How you start the movie is critical. And how often you feel that there's no reason for how it's starting.

I think anxiety is dangerous, but it makes you think it's your friend.

You can be aware that something is idiosyncratic, and give it to a character, but keep doing it.

I love black-and-white movies that are about contemporary subjects.

I get a lot of responses to my movies. Some people say, 'Oh, I thought it was really funny - I hope that's okay!' And my answer always is 'Yes. It's totally okay.'

There are the people who overthink making mix CDs and playlists, and how that works generationally is all really interesting to me.