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 just try to do what I'm interested in and hope that some people will connect.

I try to always be open to what the actors want to try. I don't storyboard and try to be intuitive and open on the day of filming.

Forget the audience, make what you want to see

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

I always try to make the soundtrack a good CD on its own.

I'm always a sucker for a love story.