Happiness doesn't come from commercial success but from the quality of work that you give back to your immediate community.
We can not be naive and think we can go it alone.
In narrative films, you set up reality, so you can limit the variables. You don't have that luxury with docs.
People, instead of competing, they can actually support each other, in music.
Let's show people how desirable it is to step it up and climb towards heaven.
I think anybody who's famous has to deal with their fame in their own way, and I dealt with it by making a film about a kid who's looking out into the world of celebrity obsession.