More actors in action movies should be gangly because that way it's believable when they move through tight spaces.

There's something about being a teenager that's so sincere. Everything is more epic, like your first crush. I feel that it's not always portrayed very accurately.

My parents were always encouraging of us being creative however we wanted to be. People say, "You didn't get pressured into having to be a director?" But it's hard to be around my dad and not be curious about filmmaking, because he thinks it's the ultimate medium.

It’s always more intriguing to imagine what’s happening, as opposed to seeing everything, because then you can use your imagination. I always wanted to be at a distance.

It bugs me when they have people my age [28] playing teenagers.

I like to write things to be personal, so I just put what I'm thinking about at the time.

When I was working on the music for this I didn't want to just use pop songs as the score - most movies do it and I've done it before.