My son always makes me feel vulnerable.

Did people think I sounded black? Totally, but that was a marketing tool as well, but also this is how I grew up and these are my influences.

The men were all scumbags, but the whole point of the film is to show the development of that. Each guy is going in there to have a good time. By and large, these men are career men, family men, and you just see the deterioration of them.

I just try to get out of my own way because if anyone is their own worst enemy, it's usually you.

My mom lived on an ashram on the early eighties. She turned me on to kundalini yoga and chanting and Transcendental Meditation. That was the first time I ever knew real peace.

Sometimes it takes some time out on your own to find your way back home.

I have always loved Ed Norton and Ryan Gosling. Also Julianne Moore and Cate Blanchett.