In documentaries, there's a truth that unfolds unnaturally, and you get to chronicle it. In narratives, you have to create the situations so that the truth will come out.

Netflix represents, as well as all the streaming services, something that I've been talking about being so important to inclusive voices around films.

I think there are a lot of people in this industry that have the ability, that have the position, they have the opportunity, they have the privilege to call the shots and could do it too.

When you say cultural icon, I scrunch my nose.

Film school was a privilege I could not afford.

I always go into a blocking rehearsal with an anchor, with a blocking plan. And sometimes they'll step into the room and they'll be in costume and you're like, "That sucks, that's not going to work. Let's think of something new."

I think there are pieces of the film [Age Of Trump] that are even more emotionally resonant and more vital to talk about than ever.