If people go to IMDB, they will see that I'm very comfortable with independent cinema, and doing studio films too. For me this is not an either/or situation.

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

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

I am trying to stay away from this position of me "returning to my roots." As if my roots are that I'm only comfortable working on low-budget, small films. That's not the case at all.

I never understood the concept of showing everything in the trailer. Why go to a movie if there's no surprise? I can't do it like that.

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

Any time you talk about the look of the film, it's not just the director and the director of photography. You have to include the costume designer and the production designer.