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.

I live in New York City, the stories of my films take place in New York; I'm a New York filmmaker.

Violence is a part of America. I don't want to single out rap music. Let's be honest. America's the most violent country in the history of the world, that's just the way it is. We're all affected by it.

There’s always been this hocus-pocus or magical, mystical thing associated with the making of film that sort of psyches people out and makes them think that this cannot be done; that this is a craft that cannot be learned.

I really don't deal with hypotheticals.

I've got "Sometimers." Sometimes I remember and sometimes I forget.

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