What world am I living in?' Aren't movies made to have something to say? Why make a movie if you don't have something to say? What are you doing it for? Are you doing it because you want to make a lot of money?

Theater has given me a different perspective on the way I approach films.

Romance is important, but to have a friend you can use as a mirror, who can give you an objective response, that's what's really important.

Other people's belief changes you. We all have insecurity, and uncertainty, and to have that glow cast over you by somebody that you respect, makes a gigantic difference.

I'm a very political person, and I make political choices in my movies.

I didn't know many classes where I could try and relate the thing that I really loved and wanted to do into an intellectual idea.

I have always had a deep belief that every movie, every artistic expression, is political. Don't be fooled. Even ones that we wouldn't consider overtly political are political. When we spend time doing anything, whether it's distraction or whether it's something that we have to face, it is always political. That's my belief.