I think my movie addresses the struggles of communities facing class distinctions, which are timeless. The questions of how we live together and what we do for money are really the stuff of drama.

As a father, I wanted to make a movie that my kids can love.

Everything encourages you not to tell stories of gay lives. There is no economy yet for that kind of cinema.

By 1988, I was living in New York myself.

All history is defined by shifting modes of reality and time and how things change. That’s what I love about cinema. It changes in the moment.

I love a certain kind of acting style that I would call non-American, which tends to be more detail-oriented and less externalized. There's a kind of naturalism that I often find in non-American actors. I also find that quality in the American actors I work with, but I like to bring in those influences creatively.

I do love the young adult novels as a form and genre, because it has a purity of intention and heart.