In the quiet moments, the discoveries are made.

I bet you could look at every single thing I've ever done and reduce it to that parenting schematic.

I always thought Uncle Vanya could be a stoned masterpiece.

I didn't grow up watching film but as a Ukrainian-American, music and stories and dance are crucial.

Faith is important to me.

We're all sick of holy wars and bloodshed because religion is supposed to give us life and a better life and is supposed to bring out our best self. When it results in mass destruction and hatred and anxiety, it's the antithesis I think of what religion was designed to do.

I don't necessarily need Hollywood.