If you put forth a really diverse cast and you fight for it and it doesn't do well - and it may fail for other reasons - you're gone because you stuck your neck out for that decision.

If you cast an all-white movie and it doesn't do well, no one will say it's because you had an all-white cast.

If you put forth a really diverse cast and you fight for it and it doesn't do well - and it may fail for other reasons - you're gone because you stuck your neck out for that decision.

It is very important to support what you believe in.

I became a filmmaker because I wanted to deal with issues that intrigued me, that I thought were pertinent, that would start dialogue.

I think ultimately that sense of hope is something that even as a little kid I was able to kind of grab onto.

We ultimately get to know ourselves a little bit better by pushing forward.