I'm definitely a lover, but I fight when I have to - for something or someone.

For AXE to take a chance on me and to help me, you know, collaborating with them was just a really, really big deal for me. It shows that they bought into me and vice versa so it's a good relationship.

I'm a tropical weather cruiser. I like surfing, you know. I like being on the beach.

I encourage first time filmmakers to be ambitious and take chances and risks, because you never know where your career is going to go.

For me, with me, making a film is always about humanity.

For me the movie [Fruitvale Station ] wasn't about that. The movie's about [Oscar Grant] life. And what happens on the platform is a very short part of the film. It's from Oscar's perspective. From the perspectives of the relationships that he's involved with.

It may not happen in my lifetime, but if I can play a part in moving things along, then I feel I've done a good job.