My parents separated when I was 2, and my dad always lived in Chicago and my mother in L.A. I'd go back and forth and sometimes spend the summer with my dad, but L.A. was home.

You have to enjoy yourself when you go to the movies. People don't want to spend their hard earned money to simply go see a history lesson.

I'm not afraid of a big studio film; I trust my instincts. But for me, it's not really about box office. It's about looking back on your work and not having to apologize for it.

But when I go to Chicago, I know I'm home.

Creativity is a mansion. If you're empty in one room, all you have to do is go out into the hallway and enter another room that's full.

The offerings should supplement what the home-school parents are doing, but they shouldn't go beyond the public school setting. It's not an equitable situation.