In the studio system, things are expected of a film. By the first, second, third act, there's a generic language that comes out of the more commercial system.

I'm more relaxed about how the editing process will create a performance and that, in a way, gives me a sense of freedom.

I never studied anything about film technique in school. Eventually, I realized that cinema and theater are not so different: from the gut to the heart to the head of a character is the same journey for both.

I have grown up loving Shakespeare.

Within the process of filming, unexpected situations occur.

...the world is a giant community now. This excuse of distance, time, doesn't work...We're all so connected. We can't spend every second of our lives worrying about another family miles away but we somehow have to factor it in where we can.

One of the things that binds us as a family is a shared sense of humor.