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

It's kind of major, learning to drive. I feel like it kicked up other stuff in my life.

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.

I've had great experiences or joyful experiences making a movie that people found very disturbing.

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.

I kind of live like a writer. I get up and I write. I've done that my whole life.

Wes Anderson's films, 6-year-olds are crazy about them.