ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY:Pink Skies Ahead is quite a personal project for you.

Why did you wantto bring this story to life onscreen?

[Laughs] I really look up to him a lot.

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And he did the classic, you’ve got to write what you know!

I just knew right then that that was going to be my next script.

What does Winona go through throughout the film?

For them to see that this has been going on for a long time had value.

Everybody wants to help each other out.

That’s why we love and support and befriend each other.

It wasn’t planned for now, it just ended up being now which is interesting.