My family and I are so close, it's important to have a close knit relationship and to make time to spend with each other, especially at the holidays.

I remember people - not my family - always asking, 'Oh, so are you going to make movies when you're older?' I felt pressured, and that always kind of deterred me.

The hardest thing on 'Palo Alto' was letting go because I kept working on it, trying to make it better.

Costumes say a lot about a character. When it came to 'Palo Alto,' it was important for me that the kids didn't look perfect. In most teen movies today, all of the clothes are expensive. I remember wearing a lot of dirty vintage clothes.

All of my family is so close. We're always over at each other's houses.

Now that I'm older, I have a much better appreciation of nature, and I love being alone.