My father was the quintessential husband and dad.

I find myself, at this time in my life, no less challenged, no less plagued, no less intrigued by what I still don't know.

Okay listen, you think I'm so inconsequential? Then try this on for size. All those who see unworthiness when they look at me and are given thereby to denying me value - to you I say, I'm not talking about being AS GOOD as you. I hereby declare myself BETTER than you.

As a man, I've been representative of the values I hold dear. And the values I hold dear are carryovers from the lives of my parents.

I defend myself by improving myself.

My father was a tomato farmer. There is the phrase that says he or she worked their fingers to the bone, well, that's my dad. And he was a very good man.

My father was a certain kind of man - I saw how he treated my mother and his family and how he treated strangers. And I vowed I would never make a film that would not reflect properly on my father's name.