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

I'm trying to keep up with what's happening in this turbulent world.

Right now a lot of people are still choosing to go to Toronto instead of shooting in New York City, something I haven't done and something I hope I'll never have to do.

When you love something it's not a job anymore.

I had a great education. From kindergarten to John Dewey High School in Coney Island, I am public-school educated.

He revolutionized music videos. Before Michael Jackson, MTV refused to play African-American artists.

When I went to school, you had to take art, you had to play an instrument. You had to play an instrument. But it's all degraded since then. I do not know what kind of nation we are that is cutting art, music, and gym out of the public-school curriculum.