“I was a wildly self-destructive kid, and got in trouble a lot.  And wound up meeting

“I was a wildly self-destructive kid, and got in trouble a lot.  And wound up meeting a girl who wasn’t interested in the standard high-school party B.S.  She loved reading, loved studying, loved working, loved talking about the future, didn’t care if it was uncool.  She couldn’t care less.  And I’d never met someone who was so sure of herself in that way.  I just cared what other people thought too much because I wanted people to like me.”

James Ponsoldt - Director, The Spectacular Now