Sam Jaeger

I lived a block and a half away from four cousins, and I had three siblings. The Jaeger home was a big, messy, happy family.

There's something about the expanse of nature that forces you to think clearly.

Hollywood so often likes to make movies that are just about itself. I felt there were a lot of stories that were yet to be told in the middle of the country, and I wanted to capture some of that beauty.

The importance of creativity in our country is greatly misunderstood.

I think a lot of officers go into that line of work because they have a calling for it. But at some point, they find themselves in the middle of their lives having seen some of the darkest things that are just unimaginable to the rest of us.