Making films is like making stuff together as kids.

When you direct is the only time you get to have the world exactly how you want it. My movies are very close to what I set out to do. And I'm super-opinionated about what I do and don't like.

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.

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

Generally I just pick music that I like. That's the part I really enjoy: When I get permission for the songs I want and put them into the scenes. It's always hard when you're doing a low-budget film, so it's great when you can get all the music you want to get.

My dad told me, 'Your movie's never as good as the dailies and never as bad as the rough cut.

I think being mediocre and in the middle would be the worst. It's more interesting to get strong reactions, and to have the mixture of people who get it and the people who don't get it. And to invite a dialogue.