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

There's something really vulnerable about playing something that you like for someone. You don't know what their reaction will be.

It's nice being friends over a period of time with people whose music you like so much, or other filmmakers, seeing people change, go through trials

When I make a movie, I have both a specific and vague, amorphous dream idea of what the movie is going to be. Of course, I don't actually know what it's going to be, but I'm still striving to get to some place with it.

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

I think sometimes bad behaviour can be liberating for certain people. They need to behave badly to find themselves - to go off path to find their path. You see it with kids all the time: They're testing boundaries, and I think that's healthy.

I've had times in my life when I really haven't been able to figure myself out.