There's nothing else exactly like it in any other art form, the orchestration of so many different elements. It's endlessly fascinating what can be done editorially. You can create meaning where there was none, you can create feeling where there was none, you can create narrative where there was none. Two frames can be the difference between something that works and something that doesn't. It's fascinating.

There's definitely a way of thinking and a way of being in the South that has its advantages and disadvantages.

You should never assume anything coming from a critical standpoint. You should go into everything assuming you're going to get crushed.

I suppose I could try to be some avant-garde artist if I wanted to, but that doesn't interest me as much.

Jude [Law] is really good at playing an obsessive. He has a very watchable quality when he's on a quest for something.

A real litmus test for me is how people treat someone who is waiting on them. That's a dealbreaker for me.If I were on the verge of getting into a serious relationship and I saw that person be mean to a waiter... I'm out.

When I look around the world and think why is everything working or not working, it's because it's entrenched ideology. You can't solve a problem if you're sitting down with people who say, "All these ideas are off the table because of what I believe."