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

I guess I watch movies to make myself happier a lot.

I would hate to think I'm promoting sadness as an aesthetic. But I grew up in not just a family but a town and a culture where sadness is something you're taught to feel shame about. You end up chronically desiring what can be a very sentimental idea of love and connection. A lot of my work has been about trying to make a space for sadness.

I'm not a craftsman of graphics or art or film. I'm more of an idea generator and manufacturer.

Life is too short for a half-rack.

I am intrigued by inanimate objects. They're a piece of history, someone's statement and ideas of life.

OK, so my parents were married in 1955 and my mom knew my dad was gay and my dad knew he was gay and so I was, like, 'Why in the heck did you get married?' Like, what was going on? What was that time? It's like this crazy paradox that my whole life is based on, or my family's based on. So I spent a lot of time trying to understand '55.