Thats the way I work: I try to imagine what I would like to see.

I really didn't know what I wanted to do. I went to art school and tried a bunch of different things, but I knew I wanted to do something in the visual arts. And I'd always been around my dad's film sets, so the interest was there. But I didn't have the guts to say, "I want to be a director," especially coming from that family.

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.

The unexpected connections we make might not last, yet stay with us forever

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.

For everyone, there are those moments when you have great days with someone you wouldn't expect to. Then you have to go back to your real lives, but it makes an impression on you.

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.