Actors are pretending for you, but they're not lying. They are not putting on a guise instead of themselves. They are finding things inside that they have experienced.

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

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.

To me, sadness and humor aren't disrelated and humor is the best tool I've had against the sadness in my life.

Grief and memory go together. After someone dies, that's what you're left with. And the memories are so slippery yet so rich.

Actors are pretending for you, but they're not lying. They are not putting on a guise instead of themselves. They are finding things inside that they have experienced.

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.