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

Those [old] days are gone... accept the reality and do it.

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.

More people have seen 13th on Netflix than have seen all my films put together between the Sundance winners and Selma, and the whole international distribution of film.

We have to find new ways to work without permission, new ways to turn corners and go through doors that are closed off to us to create our own audiences and our own material independently.

I'm a prison abolitionist because the prison system as it is set up is just not working. It's horrible.

I know that there are a lot of great women that have gone before me, so it's important to acknowledge them.