I love so many directors. I love David O. Russell. I love David Fincher, I love Alexander Payne and Jane Campion and my aunt. Spike Jonze. There are just so many amazing directors.
I wanted to be a bartender for a bit.
There is always something I gain from watching a movie, whether it's a silly romantic comedy or an art film.
Anyone can create and put stuff out there, so then as viewers and listeners, we have access to a lot of different unique view points.
Usually when I get nervous and don't know how to prepare for something, I just don't do anything at all, which is not necessarily the best idea.
My grandpa always tells me that 45-minute lunches are key because an army marches on its stomach.
I wanted to be a ballet dancer. I was bad - I'm not very coordinated. But I always wished I could have been a dancer.
As a teenager, I wanted to be sophisticated and avant-garde, and I was really judgmental. But when you're a teenager, you're fearless because you don't know the repercussions to anything.
The hardest thing on 'Palo Alto' was letting go because I kept working on it, trying to make it better.
As a first-time director, you act a lot like a teenager. I made decisions because I was hotheaded. My skin broke out. I was trying to understand who I am.
I like the pharmacy makeup. I always get stuck in that aisle... I've always liked looking at it.
If I'm not comfortable, I just look awkward.
With my aunt, I definitely can relate to how she makes a movie because she does it with her own demeanor, which isn't this loud presence.
I love to play with the gadgets that come with film.
I enjoy seeing how my friends - Proenza Schouler, Zac Posen, Rodarte - use clothes to create their vision and art.
My mentor in college was Stephen Shore. I loved his color palettes and his taking mundane things but finding them fascinating.
I went to a private school, and I struggled academically. It was really disheartening to always be considered bad at that.
I like the camera to be still and not very shaky and have everything happen within the frame.
When I graduated, I felt a little burned out on taking pictures after so many years of churning out so many for classes.
When I was a baby, my mom was always bringing me onto set.
