I both didn't know Owen [Suskind] beforehand and didn't have any connection to the autistic community. But Owen wasn't really a problem, because he participated in the writing of the book and wanted people to see him as he truly is. As far as the cameras, Owen lives in the moment and the cameras really didn't distract him.

When you are in the prayer room you forget about the outside world and fall into a Christian rock coma, and nothing else seems to matter.

That is what I was more drawn to - creating stories while changing and altering reality.

I'm not an activist at all. I'm a filmmaker, and I wanted the people involved to tell their own story.

The relationship between a director and an editor in documentaries is so important.

Uganda can greatly benefit from American evangelicals if they separate the Scott Lively extremists from the Rick Warren-type of moderate evangelicals.

I mentioned before, these [classic Disney films] are classic mythological tales, a hero's journey, and have been told for thousands of years. Disney has updated them, and made them accessible for us.