I love so many different genres. I love crime films - and unusual coming-of-age pieces.

I was always writing scripts, and I had made several shorts, before and after film school. But I worked a variety of temp positions over the years.

I love so many different genres. I love crime films - and unusual coming-of-age pieces.

In these times of stress, snark, division and despair, I still suspect that two of the most important features we possess are imagination and a capacity for goodness. Those are qualities for which we will be remembered most fondly.

I think there are many more stories still to be told about women.

The brutality that can take place in a crime film heightens the tenderness that can also be there.

I don't think there's enough breadth to the stories told about African-Americans.