The more uncompromisingly specific you are the more you end up touching the bigger universal truths.

I think the thumb print on the throat of many people is childhood trauma that goes unprocessed and unrecognized.

I think we all have blocks between us and the best version of ourselves, whether it's shyness, insecurity, anxiety, whether it's a physical block, and the story of a person overcoming that block to their best self. It's truly inspiring because I think all of us are engaged in that every day.

The irony of a director going to film festivals is you never get to see any of the films.

I mean, we've all had those dreams where, you know, we try to cry out and our voice won't come.

If you look at Shakespeare's history plays, what the setting of monarchy allows is this extraordinary intensification of emotions and predicament.

I would say L.A. is more polite than London - it's a very careful place. People talk a lot in code.