Television is so cool. Television is proving that we can be sophisticated and that people will watch, if it's good.

As a filmmaker, I make the films that I love, that are in my heart. That's what I care about.

I come from a documentary background and my natural tendency, as a filmmaker, is to make a movie, if I have something to talk about. If it's not about anything that matters, I don't feel like doing it. I'm not against people who make movies just for fun, but I'm not one of those guys. I just want to provoke thinking and debating about certain issues.

People can't stand it when you deal with issues of race and class, and also sometimes the church, and you give a perspective that flushes out hypocrisy.

If you replace a soldier with a machine, you take away the possibility of the soldier or the policeman to not do something the state asks of him. He may think it's unethical to do it. A machine doesn't have that critical perspective.

Television is so cool. Television is proving that we can be sophisticated and that people will watch, if it's good.

How can I make a movie about the violence of the police if the police aren't going to let me film it?