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

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

My dad told me, 'Your movie's never as good as the dailies and never as bad as the rough cut.

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

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