When you direct is the only time you get to have the world exactly how you want it. My movies are very close to what I set out to do. And I'm super-opinionated about what I do and don't like.

I try to just make what I want to make or what I would want to see. I try not to think about the audience too much.

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.

I like telling the story in a visual way. I don't like explaining a lot in dialogue.

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.

I like to write things to be personal, so I just put what I'm thinking about at the time.

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