I got exposed to so many different cultures and people.

It’s about misunderstandings between people and places, being disconnected and looking for moments of connection. There are so many moments in life when people don’t say what they mean, when they are just missing each other, waiting to run into each other in a hallway.

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

Generally I just pick music that I like. That's the part I really enjoy: When I get permission for the songs I want and put them into the scenes. It's always hard when you're doing a low-budget film, so it's great when you can get all the music you want to get.

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

I learned that from my dad: you put your heart into something, you have to protect it, what you're making.

It seems that the greatest difficulty is to find the end. Don't try to find it, it's there already.