You know, often films that are deemed positive, nobody wants to see them.

I feel mushy these days when I think about art and artists and the work that lies ahead for us. There's good work to be done and there's joy to be found in it, I think.

Be passionate and move forward with gusto every single hour of every single day until you reach your goal.

For film, you know, the Tarantinos and Nolans of the world who are very focused on a certain kind of film aesthetic and a certain kind of presentation, to be honest, that comes from a place of privilege. It comes from a place of always having access to such, but when you ain't never - you can't see it because you can't even get to it.

There's never been a film with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at the center released in theaters. Ever! One does not exist. You've only seen tele-films and stage plays about him. Yet, we have big screens biopics about all kinds of people. So, I think it's only right that there be a full-length feature about Dr. King. I don't think there could be enough of them, but there should be at least one. So, here it is!

I wish I could be the black woman Soderbergh, and put the camera on my shoulder and shoot beautifully while I directed.

As long as you're in an environment where the worth of the project isn't based on the project but what its predecessors did, it's not truly inclusive.