I don't get tripped up in technology. I use technology as a tool. 'Oldboy' we shot Two Pro 35mm. For 'Da Blood of Jesus,' we shot digitally. We shot the new Sony F55. It's a 4K camera.

I didn't dream about being a director. I didn't know I wanted to do something with film until the summer between my sophomore and junior years at Morris College in Atlanta, Georgia.

You gotta make your own way. You gotta find a way. You gotta get it done. It's hard. It's tough. That's what I tell my students every day in class. I've been very fortunate. Some people might call me a hardhead, but I'm not going to let other people dictate to me who I should be or the stories I should tell. That doesn't register with me.

Our greatness, our talent has never been the question. It's been a matter of grappling for control over what we do.

I knew I was never going to play professional sport, but I loved playing and I went to all the games I could afford to.

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

I respect the audience's intelligence a lot, and that's why I don't try to go for the lowest common denominator.