I think it's always interesting how music means different things to different people, and people who overthink it are looking to in some ways show off with music, versus people who just respond to a song and decide to sing it.

I'm curious how people build up the codes that they live their life by, and how they come to think that that's the best way for them to function.

Adaptations are fun for me because they connect to the idea of filmmaking I had when I was a kid. I would see a movie and think: 'I'm gonna make that movie.'

When I meet certain filmmakers, sometimes you sit down and you do have some kind of shorthand. It can be fun to see them as someone who has been through similar experiences, but also as someone who just loves film. You can talk with them about films in a way that feels really free.

If you don't feel good about something, you don't shake it off easily.

I think I was going through a lot of change at 27, but I didn't know it was happening until it was over.

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