People of color have a constant frustration of not being represented, or being misrepresented, and these images go around the world.

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 don't like to use the word 'remake', I think reinterpretation is a better word. It's just a matter of respecting the source, and then trying to make your own film, and trying not to be inhibited by being so beholden to every single thing... We respect the source, but we make changes to it.

Stick around long enough, you'll get some grace.

I think it is very important that films make people look at what they've forgotten.

It has been my observation that parents kill more dreams than anybody.

I think people who have faults are a lot more interesting than people who are perfect.