I admire Jodie Foster. Her head is screwed on really well. It's not loose at all.

When you're making a film, you become incredibly close. It's not like you're filing away papers all day. You're creating with human emotions, so you do become very connected, so it is familial and romantic.

For me, romance isn't an over-the-top act. It's someone offering to help and to support me. Or if that person thinks I'm making the wrong decision, he'll tell me. I want him to be honest, because being that honest takes a lot of guts.

I think you can say what it's about. But it's so open to interpretation. And each person will come away with different things and relate to different characters, and that's what's wonderful about it.

I just felt like I was making people angry because I wouldn't wear the frilly bows.

When you home study, you get a better education. I basically got to teach myself. Being naturally able to make my own opinions about the schoolwork I had to deal with, instead of being instructed under the tutelage of the teacher, was really nice academically.