I want to make films without a single clear message, and films that are as close as possible to what it feels like to be alive. At least to me.

I'm hesitant to make grand statements because I feel like that it's not exactly what I'm writing about.

I definitely check my phone for texts a lot - like, 'Did anyone text me? Is anyone thinking about me? Does anyone love me?'

I'll still make movies for studios, but my editing process will be much further removed from the studio system. Because I don't understand it. I don't understand the whole testing-numbers thing. It is not how I want to make movies. So if that's how they do it, then I don't think I want to do it.

I'm a little slow, so forgive me if I'm inarticulate.

It's fun when you start a movie, because it's kind of like you get to go Christmas shopping... you get to make your wish list and you start thinking about what each character needs.