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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.