I didn't know my father very well; I only met him a few times.

A greater truth that I think we are faced with on a day-to-day basis as minorities is: We are the color of skin first and people second.

We haven't done enough work to encourage minorities to strive to make movies. Hollywood is a place full of white male directors - there are many good ones. We just haven't nurtured our voices.

Since we were renamed, and now it feels like 80 percent of the African-American population has the name Washington or Jefferson or some president or slave owner's name. And, I almost wonder is this, like, is this part of a way of taking back the principle of naming your - I might be going too far into this - but naming your kids something of your choice?

The scariest monster in the world is human beings and what we are capable of, especially when we get together.

Anyone who's really utilized collaboration has a philosophy like, 'Let's throw it all against the wall and see what sticks.' That's how we do it. At a certain point, we're cutting scripts that we love.

The conversation about race is inevitable. It's one that people know that we have to have and continue to have.