As a filmmaker, I've had films that over-achieved and I've had films that under-achieved. You always go in trying to do your very best.

What's better these days, television or film? It's a dead heat. In fact, one could argue for television with more regularity.

I just think it's ridiculous to be dogmatic and be caught in the past. You have to be open, aware, nimble and flexible about changes in the world.

I don't really think about film or television or going directly to the internet. I just think about doing something that people are going to get excited about.

I like youth, and I like stories about feeling things intensely and about transitional moments in human life. I reflect on my life and that's just a moment when I felt things probably the most intensely.

Actors can become very involved in a role, but for a director or producer, that's your life for many years.

I enjoy that the most powerful person in Hollywood is indeed a Black woman in Oprah Winfrey. I'm hoping to just transcend beyond that.