Some people think racism is if you say the n-word, so homophobia is if you call someone...

I think it takes a lot of courage to be able to direct a film. If you have that courage and that vision together, and you pick the cast that you believe will achieve your vision, you win.

This is the psychosis of being a human being - the things that we deal with on a day-to-day basis that make us who we are and that sometimes we have to get on the couch and talk out.

I'm 36-years-old and I'm learning about definitions that I should have known when I started having sex.

I think it's like the '60s - we're going to see another revolution in film where these new filmmakers stand up and take ownership of what film is and mould it into what they want.

I never examined my role in male culture, in hyper masculinity. I never examined it, nobody ever called me on it.

I prefer to make movies which not only have a message for "then" but a message for "now."