All of us have that feeling of some deficiency from our childhood. I think that's a universal thing.

Teen movies often have an unspoken underlying premise in which high school is seen as less serious than the adult world. But when your head is encased in that microcosm it's the most serious time of your life.

I'm a sci-fi fan, and I guess you have to let go of some of that at some point, and realize that as long as you're focused on telling a story that you care about, at the end of the day, that's what really matters, even to hard-core sci-fi fans.

The momentum of production keeps you from giving up, so it's really the editing and writing phases where things can look bleakest.

Well, you know, we all grew up as 'Star Wars' fans.

Showing your movie to an audience... it's like your kid doing a piano recital. 'Just let it not fail. Please.

I feel like people want to be surprised when they get out of the movies. They want something thrown at them they didn't expect. They want stuff that reminds them of the feelings that you get when you're watching art house movies but with the fun of like a big summer movie. That's the goal, I guess.