To Me, Sadness And Humor Aren't Disrelated

I Would Hate To Think I'm Promoting Sadness As An Aesthetic. But I Grew Up In Not Just A Family But A Town And A Culture Where Sadness Is Something You're Taught To Feel Shame About. You End Up Chronically Desiring What Can Be A Very Sentimental Idea Of Love And Connection. A Lot Of My Work Has Been About Trying To Make A Space For Sadness.

As Someone Who Grew Up In A House Where There Wasn't A Lot Of Talking, I'm Used To Just Looking At The World. And In General I Often Feel Like I Just Don't Understand What's Happening. That Everybody Else Does, But I Don't Quite Get It.

Actors Are Pretending For You, But They're Not Lying. They Are Not Putting On A Guise Instead Of Themselves. They Are Finding Things Inside That They Have Experienced.

Life Is Too Short For A Half-rack.

I Pretty Much Believe That A Film Is A Film And When An Audience Watches A Film, They Finish It.