I want to write stories that don't help you escape life, but embrace life.

I've wanted to direct for a long time, but it had to be a story I wanted to tell. The writer's job is to find the story that he should tell.

I spent so many years trying to become an actor, trying to be a person that I wasn't.

I don't know anything about directing, but if you love actors, know your story and hire a great company, then anyone can direct a film.

People love conversation, and movies are conversations, and an audience has to participate; it has to fill in some blanks.

I feel like there's a certain kind of laughter missing in the world.

I learned early on that there are all sorts of stories I have no place telling.