When I was 13, I wasn't the coolest kid in my class, and that inner dork is a wonderful thing to have.

I work almost completely year-round, since I was 18 or 19. It's nine months a year, and then you're out of town, (there are) crazy hours and all of the things that go with filmmaking, which is a pretty all-consuming business, although I'm very blessed to be a part of it.

I still have in me the same awareness when I was 12 and chubby and a girl was spitting in my face. I'm the same person.

In making a record there are so fewer people involved - at least in our case. There were no more than three or four people in the studio at once. So I really feel like I can stand by everything on the record and say this is something that I personally endorse.

The average person tells a few white lies.

I actually did a lot of improvised movies or movies that were partially improvised.

I think every year I become happier because I become more comfident and more comfortable in my own skin.