For a filmmaker, it's a rare chance to do a personal film on a big canvas.
A movie is really provocation. It's not a message, it's not a statement.
There's only one movie in my career I've had regrets with cutting it shorter, and I think some scenes maybe I shouldn't have cut.
I did a women's movie, and I'm not a woman. I did a gay movie, and I'm not gay. I learned as I went along.
No matter how widely spread out the films are, how different, you still are you.
These days I'm mostly familiar with two parts of L.A.: one is movie culture, and the other is Asian culture. The Westside is work, and the Eastside is Chinese - which means my friends.