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.

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

I think anything you do that's different, that doesn't take the typical approach, invites differing opinions.

You don't have to be loud. If you know what you want, people respect that.

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

I'm always a sucker for a love story.

Making films is like making stuff together as kids.