You only have so much time in life so everything you do needs to mean something to you.

Your movie should lull people into a place of openness and vulnerability. If it is just a diatribe, it's never going to work.

The apartments are made for eels.

I've been wanting to make a movie about the war in Sierra Leone, specifically, for more than 15 years.

The only pressure is the pressure I put on myself, that's up to be I guess to mitigate that. I think there's always pressure that you make the right choice for the next film. You don't know what the outcome is gonna be, there's always potential to find length to your career as well. Now I'm so far from any other job skills that if I don't make movies.

I have tremendous faith that there will be greater films to come.

There's nothing better than finishing something and looking at it. Whether it be a script or a movie, it's this complete little thing that now exists and is hopefully immortal.