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

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

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

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 think I'm always drawn to projects that help me understand something about myself.

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.

I just remember seventh grade as being really difficult, because there's nothing meaner than a girl at that age. You gang up on people, and it's traumatic. It wasn't so bad for me, but there's a woman I know who's still traumatized by junior high. At that age, everything seems like a huge deal, but of course that changes when you get older.