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

I collect names for characters. Names are valuable; they can be your first source of insight into a character.

As a people we do not need anyone else's stamp of approval.

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

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

I think if people looked at my body of work, they'd see a great breadth of work.

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.