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.

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.

Some of the funniest moments I've ever experienced have been in the midst of tragic situations in my life.

I always look for an intense experience, an intense ride. There is nothing better than a good zombie movie where you run crazy and blow at monsters! It was a physical shoot and I enjoyed it.

I want my world to get bigger and not end up in a small corner.

I still feel that a movie has to attempt to say something - even if it fails miserably. But I've sort of given up on believing that I'm going to change the world with every film I choose to act in.