My brothers were the ones who taught me about mythology and storytelling, and showed me how to do stop-motion animation.

I think if you get your fifth script made, that's the fast track. But there's no guarantee any of them will get made.

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

You can be moved by an animated film and not by a live action film. There could be great inspiration in and humanity in that animated story.

There are few films where you have women really driving the plot.

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.

If you do the math, films featuring women are a good investment.