You reach a point where you say you're not going to do juveniles any longer.

I've just looked for ideas and great characters that I relate to and that I think I can offer something to the audience, and I no longer look at them as experiments or genre exercises at all.

It was always my dream to be a director. A lot of it had to do with controlling my own destiny, because as a young actor you feel at everyone's disposal. But I wanted to become a leader in the business.

Confidence is preparation in action.

Humor is unavoidable. It might not feel funny in the moment, but more often than not there's a light at the end of the tunnel.

One of the great things about being a director as a life choice is that it can never be mastered. Every story is its own kind of expedition, with its own set of challenges.

A long time ago, I stopped trying to look at projects as genre exercises.