There's a dangerous bottom-lining, and super-summarizing that happens in a lot of our press and our media, and sort of our politicians' talking point….

I like to approach comedy from character, to have the stakes for the individuals in the story be very high..

I think that having comedy where people talk the way they really talk, when you talk with your friends and whatever, it's really, it's important. Or ….

We're all vulnerable, and it's all hackable. If someone wants you and has targeted you, you can be taken down, and that fact is really scary..

I think Melissa McCarthy is a force of nature. She's just incredible. And it's purely her talent that has rocketed her in such little time from a mar….

There's no longer a monolithic evil empire somewhere, spreading a different philosophy of life. That doesn't exist..

I'm really interested in stories about identity - who I am now versus who I used to be..

I think unintentionally I gravitate towards concepts and topics that hit home or are something real we can all relate to..

I love the unexpected and I think that's why documentary is an attractive genre to me because you don't know where it's going to go, so I tend to inv….

A favorite film of mine is 'Office Space' and I love 'The Hangover.' That is a really good comedy from character in that film, and that is true of 'O….

My folks are economists and have taught economics and social science so I grew up with those kind of conversations around the dinner table..

In film, you get to take your time and make it right. In TV, it's all about the schedule. The train is moving and you sometimes just don't have time ….

People who can't afford their mortgages and have to renegotiate with the bank or something gets repossessed after you worked your whole life. You fol….

I think politicians know how to misrepresent data in order to support a political agenda. Politicians and the people that work for them - I should sa….

I'm a bit of a hacker fanatic and know a fair bit about that industry and cyber crime and cyber warfare..

When you're making a film all by yourself, that requires you to have quite a bit of a point of view in order for anything to get done..

The best movies are rooted in reality..

I discovered shooting and filmmaking around the time all of the software became affordable to anyone with a PC..

I feel like my own background in improv and doing documentaries makes me really comfortable with a situation where you're letting things unfold and y….

I have a healthy amount of humility..

Some of the best ideas come sort of out of nowhere and when you're not expecting it..