It’s always more intriguing to imagine what’s happening, as opposed to seeing everything, because then you can use your imagination. I always wanted to be at a distance.

Making films is like making stuff together as kids.

Everyone in my family is in the film business; I knew I wanted to be creative and it was important in my family to be artistic.

You don't have to be loud. If you know what you want, people respect that.

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.

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.

We were always around my dad, so he wasn't absentee at all. I don't think it was normal, but it was exciting. You always had lots of creative people around, and my parents took us everywhere.