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

I wanted to make a love story without being nerdy.

Forget the audience, make what you want to see

Ever since I was little, I've felt very comfortable on a set. The time is stressful - being creative under time constraints. But there is an excitement and energy that you only have a certain amount of time to get what you want.

I feel like the internet has encouraged people to look into things and try to find issuesthat because people have a lot of opinions. I think it's really important to encourage artistic freedom. I think if you inhibit that, that could be dangerous.

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 love that feeling of when it's touching and it makes you happy but there's a melancholy or bittersweet glaze to it.