Every 10 years, I know less about love and relationships. The smarter I get, the less I know.

I just love actors, and I've always loved actors. I empathize with their job. Everyone thinks it's easy, and it ain't. To be that vulnerable and brave on camera is tough.

Usually the characters are where I start. Then I continually ask myself, 'What's the worst thing that could happen to this character?'

You don't make a film because the audience is ready for it. You make a film because you have questions that are in your gut.

What happens when these young men and women come home so scarred and so wounded? We are ignoring that fact. We're just shoving them under the carpet.

You'd be surprised how many writers, or how many actors, if they miss a paycheck or two, they've got nothing. As a writer or an actor you can have four or five jobs in one year and then have none for two years.

I miss my mother very, very much.