I grew up doing a lot of theater - acting and making sets and costumes.

African Queen' is pretty darn great.

The Witch' was very well planned, but 'The Lighthouse' was so much more so.

I certainly grew up in coastal New Hampshire, but I prefer to play in the woods than go to Hampton Beach or whatever.

To be honest with you, the forest resonates with me more, like instinctually, than the sea does.

I definitely hope to create, to tell some stories on larger canvases, which does mean making something that is narratively more broad. But that's not a bad thing.

For me, rehearsal is only about blocking and pacing; it's not about performance.

My brother and I grew up in a setting in the woods very much like 'The Witch' in southern New Hampshire, and then we would drive up north to Maine to settings like 'The Lighthouse' for vacations.

I think I had my answers to the questions in 'The Witch,' and I had my answers to the questions in 'The Lighthouse;' I need those in order to write and direct them.

I don't want to act like the witch trials all over New England were warranted, but when you live in a culture that believes something is real, it feels very real.