I would make the movie industry more like the television industry. TV is more material driven. In TV, you can break new stars. TV can take more chances.

And even if somebody else has it much worse, that doesn't really change the fact that you have what you have. Good and bad.

Sam screamed the fun scream, and there it was. Downtown lights on buildings and everything that makes you wonder. Sam sat down and started laughing. Patrick started laughing. I started laughing. and in that moment, I swear we were infinite.

I just listened to the music, and breathed in the day, and remembered things. Things like walking around the neighborhood and looking at the houses and the lawns and the colorful trees and having that be enough.

I wish I knew. It might make me miss him more clearly. It might have made sad sense.

I want to make sure that the first person you kiss loves you, okay?

When I did a study of all the coming-of-age movies that meant a lot to me, whether it was 'The Graduate' or 'Rebel Without a Cause' or 'Dead Poet's Society,' they all had that timeless feel. None of them were completely married to the details of their age. They felt timeless in their treatment of it. That's what made them resonate with me.