I grew up in a Ukrainian Catholic-turned-Christian household, and that is my family's faith.

I come from a massive family, and the youngest is twentysomething years younger than I am, so I grew up with children.

I don't have a caustic sense of humor. What I find funny, that humor comes from a much gentler place.

You earn very little money on independent films and I'm the provider for my home, so I do have to think of taking one for the accountant time and again and that means studio pictures.

I think God gave us senses of humor, and we should use them.

I don't have a caustic sense of humor. What I find funny, that humor comes from a much gentler place.

Doubt is the middle position between knowledge and ignorance. It encompasses cynicism but also genuine questioning.

I've played a lot of mothers in my movies.

There really are three types of 'religious' movies: the ones that make fun of it, the ones that vilify it and the ones that literally preach to the converted.

I, for one, am tired of seeing movies about men damaging each other.