I've dodged all sorts of bullets in Hollywood to get my movies made. I'm tough.

I don't think anyone likes anything of mine. At the end of the day, I love it, but just because I love it... I happen to love broccoli, not a lot of people like broccoli. I always question if somebody else is going to love my films.

I don't work with fear, and I don't work with actors that are fearful.

I don't want to sell my soul to Hollywood - to just make run-of-the-mill stuff.

I'm not tough when it comes to people criticizing the people that I protect, and those are the actors. It makes them scared to do it again for another director.

I like all my work equally. I look at the projects as children. I look at the experience more than the end result.

I embrace the criticism, because ultimately (it means) the masses have seen it [my movie]. I embrace it for my father's story, for my mother's story, for my auntie, for my grandmother, who all got their teeth knocked out so I could be [where I am].