I am better at math than spelling.

I think because I'm not a parent, my most immediate connection to childhood is my memory of my own childhood.

Music is thousands and thousands of years old and I don't think that basic, primitive connection to the language of music ever changes.

Doing a documentary is about discovering, being open, learning, and following curiosity.

Finding a kid that could be introspective and internal and thoughtful, and then also be wild and free and guileless and physical, it was hard. So at the end we started getting down to panic time, and we still hadn't found our Max. And we decided to go about it a different way. We said, "Let's just find friends of ours that live in interesting cities in the country that maybe aren't as big, and people that don't do casting." And thinking maybe you find a place that has an artistic community, maybe we'll find some interesting kids from there.

I definitely enjoy getting to know people I find inspiring.

Don't differentiate between 'This is a job' and 'This is what I'm doing for fun.' It's all simultaneous.