I know that I'm only as good as I am because of the things that I allow into myself and into my soul, because that's the stuff that I project back out.

When I find something that I really like and I can get it off, then I put my time and energy into that. It is a lot of work....

I think good filmmaking is when you really hold the mirror up truthfully, and you don't angle it and you don't hide things with smoke and mirrors.

I mean, I'm new but I've always been very interested in film making process and I've been lucky enough to work with film makers in my past that have been very encouraging to let me hang around. I get so emotionally vested - that the producer part of me was natural.

The idea of stuff just hanging in my closet and not being used - there's a little bit of the African in me that gets bothered by that [somewhat].

People need to understand that what happens in people's homes and behind closed doors, unless you were there, you really shouldn't make any analogy or any assumption, which writers do quite a bit. It's not something I ever for one second thought about. This is not my life story, and I've never told my life story, and I have no interest in telling my life story.

When I'm working I don't have room to think about myself and my own issues. It's really freeing. There is no room for me, which is really nice.