A big fear of working with an actor that's never been a lead in a film before is that you're going to have to work really hard to pull a performance out of her.

A big fear of working with an actor that's never been a lead in a film before is that you're going to have to work really hard to pull a performance out of her.

Well, first of all, making films is a collaborative process. You need people. You need people you trust and love and who are your friends. People you can work with.

You can't write something to please someone.

Sports teams, people who follow sports teams, religion, churches, work - any company, I find that people just generally have a need to belong to something larger than themselves.

It's sort of one ongoing process where writing ends and directing starts.

I was really into writing short fiction and also photography when I was a kid.