I pretty much believe that a film is a film and when an audience watches a film, they finish it.

There's some movies I watch, they're kind of like my anti-anxiety pill, my anti-depressant pill. I watch them at least once or twice a month probably. And I never stop learning from them as a filmmaker.

I definitely believe in the energy of the set and the energy of the actor, way more than your written word.

Film is endlessly just beyond your reach. I think that's what I love so much about it.

My graffiti really comes more from a May '68, sort of Situationist vibe than the hip-hop world. I think a real graffiti artist would find me a poser.

No one leaves the edit room thinking, 'Yeah, I nailed that one!' Everyone I know goes into their first premiere or their first screening thinking, 'I screwed up so bad. I'm sorry, I messed up.' It's just a real common feeling.

Humans are vulnerable, messy little animals and that's normal. And all I want to do is make a space for that in my films.