It gets dangerous when you start allowing people to validate your work.

Making films has got to be one of the hardest endeavors known to humankind.

I think black people have to be in control of their own image because film is a powerful medium. We can't just sit back and let other people define our existence.

Most human beings will not stand in front of a stage and tell you about the bad things they did.

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

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

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.