'Angel Heart' was one of my favorite films.

I had some big ups and downs when I was in my 20s and the one thing I learned was, no matter how low it gets, something good will come along - something always comes out of that dark period.

I've always wanted to introduce hip-hop filmmaking to film. There's hip-hop art, dance, music, but there really isn't hip-hop film. So I was trying to do that.

I've spent a life loving women and studying them as much as I can, or am allowed to.

I think it's my nature to try and make original content, and that's what I've done, is just try and approach things in an original way, and do things differently.

I wasn't a big fan of social anthropology. And, luckily, that created room for me to work in visual arts because I sort of ignored my requirements. I think I was attracted to social anthropology because I liked to travel and was always interested in far-off places.

When I go to movies I generally want to be taken to another world.