The movies I make tend not to be quite reality but the characters are inspired by real people and they're always very personal.

Sometimes if the people are up for trying something that I'm interested in, it can be a great experience.

I have a way of filming things and staging them and designing sets. There were times when I thought I should change my approach, but in fact, this is what I like to do. It's sort of like my handwriting as a movie director. And somewhere along the way, I think I've made the decision: I'm going to write in my own handwriting.

I don't really wanna think about themes. I wanna just think about the experience of the movie. I feel like, as soon as I reduce it to a theme, once I write that sentence, it won't be that great. I feel like there's more potential for it to mean something interesting if I'm not forcing it to mean something I've already decided.

You don't do background music the way a lot of more conventional films do. The music is often kind of a character in your films to the extent that sometimes you stop and watch someone perform a song.

The movies I make tend not to be quite reality but the characters are inspired by real people and they're always very personal.

Any romantic feelings for a 12-year-old are like entering into a fantasy world.