I was trying to get the slightly more cinematic version of my relationship with my mom, which I think was a really common relationship. I adored my m….

I'd always thought that, in all the great sci-fi constructs, there's always the guy who seems like he's the commander, but then you reveal that there….

If something good was happening in my life, I'd call my mom to let her know. If something bad was happening, she'd be somebody whose advice I would s….

My first jobs were at Pixar and John Lasseter just doing animation would always allow actors to do that, and then animate to that. It was an early le….

Nobody is out to sabotage an entire script and do an improvisational experiment of a movie, but when they're feeling something in the moment, let the….

Some of my favorite movies have explored the father-son dynamic, in a very loving way. It can be complicated, but at the end, it's that moment where ….

A lot of times, when mother-son or mother-daughter relationships have been put on screen, they tend to trickle towards ugly, and I don't find that to….

I couldn't understand her [my mother's] wiring, all the time. I couldn't understand how she denied herself pleasure and enjoyment in life. As my care….

They always say, doing what I do for a living, write what you know and then people will respond to it. I luckily had a very charming, lovable mom who….

I told my mom I was going to do a movie about a son who hears a story about his mom and takes her on a cross-country road trip, and I wanted to actua….