Fighting for identity is something that is very much in my life.

I don't like to deal with studios. I don't like to have conversations with executives. I pitch to the studio, then never talk to them until the test screening.

There's a level of sophistication of filmmaking that's mind-boggling. Anything you need for your movie, there's an establishment that can make it happen really fast.

Sometimes films ignore other points of view because it's simpler to tell the story that way, but the more genuine and sympathetic you are to different points of view and situations, the more real the story is.

I see a movie as a way of learning about the world, about myself, and learning about my relationship with people and art.

You can get rich or famous by doing the same thing.

If you try to act, you're going to look like you're acting. So don't act.