Every artist's world is an individual experience and no one thing can prepare you. You have to go in and go where those roles lead you - just allow it to happen and follow your path.

I've learned that I need to learn how to direct without making the person distracted and keeping them comfortable, and pay more attention to lighting.

As artists, sometimes our work is chaotic; we don't easily communicate our needs to other people in a way that they understand.

We all, as human beings, have different layers, and if we become one-dimensional or really superficial, then I still think there are things that happened that got us to that place.

I cast people from right around me. I was at my alma mater. It's special to have most of the graduate students in it [and] one professor, because I feel like in terms of this school, I was one of the few students lucky enough to break into the art industry or the contemporary art world.

Even though the art world goes through trends, you do know that it'll come up again.

What really made me a performance artist was that I was able to step back and assess. I've always had [that ability], but it was coming to an understanding.