I think it's a universal thing in every family, that people have their own specific versions of pivotal events or even small memories.

I was concerned about that, because I've always been so specific about doing independent films, but I've never done anything that's so genuinely and ridiculously fun. And that's a great thing, for me to discover that that's possible.

It's hard to give up that amount of control. It's scary to make yourself that vulnerable. Because you might do all kinds of things that are unplanned or are unexpected that maybe don't work, and you have to trust the director to see that and work around those things. I find it really scary.

So I decided to make a film about our need to tell stories, to own our stories, to understand them, and to have them heard.

I enjoy doing my more intimate and less commercial pictures and also I enjoy directing.

With being a mother, I feel like you choose how you spend your time so much more carefully - which is a good thing.

Plus, doing a zombie movie is quite liberating. It's fun not to take myself seriously all the time.