To me film school was film history because there weren't a lot of books out there that I had access to.

I just wanted to make movies, but I never though about, "How am I being perceived because of my culture or my skin?"

On some kind of unspoken, deep, deep level, I think we [with Ryan Murphy] have an aesthetic that we both understand or connect to. It's not that we see the world in the same way because we have very different points of view, but we're both visual stylists.

Ryan Murphy just gives new people a shot, and it takes a lot of confidence and generosity to do that.

Musicals and horror films can be very non-verbal and very pure cinema with movement. The camera is justified in being a character. It can really move and tell a story, and literally direct you to look here or there.

If someone already knows you from being in the trenches with you on this TV schedules, and then you have a little bit more time, it's a treat for them, as well, because they can give you more.

As a director who loves the camera you learn a lot.