I am better at math than spelling.

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

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

As a parent, your perspective of childhood is through the eyes of this person that you care so much about and you just want the world to be great for them. You want their life to be easy and happy.

I think, as you're growing up, your emotions are just as deep as they are when you're an adult. You're ability to feel lonely, longing, confused or angry are just as deep. We don't feel things more as we get older.

You have to be involved and relate to the characters in order to make a film that is true emotionally.

I always aspire to that, where it feels like the film was made by the characters as opposed to the filmmakers. I try to be invisible.