Acting isn't for me. I don't like being told what to do. I'm more interested in set design, more visually driven.

I just remember seventh grade as being really difficult, because there's nothing meaner than a girl at that age. You gang up on people, and it's traumatic. It wasn't so bad for me, but there's a woman I know who's still traumatized by junior high. At that age, everything seems like a huge deal, but of course that changes when you get older.

I learned that from my dad: you put your heart into something, you have to protect it, what you're making.

Making films is like making stuff together as kids.

I got exposed to so many different cultures and people.

We were always around my dad, so he wasn't absentee at all. I don't think it was normal, but it was exciting. You always had lots of creative people around, and my parents took us everywhere.

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.