My parents were always encouraging of us being creative however we wanted to be. People say, "You didn't get pressured into having to be a director?" But it's hard to be around my dad and not be curious about filmmaking, because he thinks it's the ultimate medium.

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

We were always around my dad, so he wasn't absentee at all. I don't think it was normal, but it was exciting. You always had lots of creative people around, and my parents took us everywhere.

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

I definitely have had friendships and moments with people from different backgrounds and in different stages of their lives.

There's something about being a teenager that's so sincere. Everything is more epic, like your first crush. I feel that it's not always portrayed very accurately.

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.