I think the thumb print on the throat of many people is childhood trauma that goes unprocessed and unrecognized.

I think directors can become overly infatuated by gilt and gold, and the word 'lavish' and everything being magnificent.

I think there should be collaboration, but under my thumb.

I think more than anything that is what I've put my thumb on,

I began to think that if you're a stutterer, it's about inhabiting silence, emptiness, and nothingness.

I think we all have blocks between us and the best version of ourselves, whether it's shyness, insecurity, anxiety, whether it's a physical block, and the story of a person overcoming that block to their best self. It's truly inspiring because I think all of us are engaged in that every day.