I skated and rode bikes on ramps, and my mom was always super supportive. She was one of the only divorced moms in the neighborhood, so all the other parents looked down upon her for letting her kids do that kind of thing.

Felt is not the easiest thing to animate. It's very flimsy.

They rode their bikes together.

I'm always amazed when any actor can decipher my direction.

As a director, you never get to watch other directors work, and you also don't get to collaborate with other directors that much.

Emotions are messy and hard to figure out. Hard to know where you start and the next person stops. Even as an adult, that's a hard thing to know. As a kid, it can be really confusing, because it's all new and you're trying to sort of make your map.