As one who loves literature, art, music and history, I've been deeply rooted in the Harlem Renaissance for many years.

I'm always moving forward.

There are so many famous people now that are not really gifted or talented at doing anything other than getting made up, putting on tight dresses, acting badly, getting married. I mean, what the hell? I don't know where we are going with this here in America. And we are setting a tone for the world, because everyone looks at what we do.

The first thing that goes into shooting a scene is understanding whats on the page.

I didn't need the insurance. I do it again if my DP tells me it didn't look good in the camera or if the actors didn't hit their marks. But if everything was working why do it again?

If you just change one person's life, you feel like you've done something. But if you can change a whole lot of them and get them looking at themselves differently, it's amazing.

I design my shots. I walk the rehearsal as the camera and say 'this is where I want to be... I want this look.