I'll be vilified if I shoot a film in Toronto for New York. And rightfully so!

You have to do the research. If you don't know about something, then you ask the right people who do.

I always give the example, if you turn on the radio today, black radio, Lenny Kravitz is not black. Bob Marley wasn't black: in the beginning, only white college stations played Bob Marley.

I've been blessed with the opportunity to express the views of black people who otherwise don't have access to power and the media. I have to take advantage of that while I'm still bankable.

I miss my brother. Prince was a funny cat. Great sence of humor.

First of all, what in this world does not revolve around money? But money is a big part of film, unlike a lot of other art forms.

I'm a storyteller, and there's some genres I like. I don't think I'm ever going to do science fiction, but I want to do a musical one day. I want to tell stories, I don't really try to get boxed in by a specific genre.