I have personal beliefs and they are sometimes reflected in the movies I make, but I also reflect other points of view.

In this time when a citizenry applauds the liberation of a country as it lives in fear of its own freedom, when people all over the country fear reprisal if they use their right to free speech, it is time to get angry. It is time to get fierce.

I love iconoclasts. I love individuals. I love people that are true to themselves, whatever the cost.

My father described me as the oldest baby he'd ever seen. I apparently was very serious and reflective.

I don't think people have been able to deal with the fact that African American filmmakers can make movies about life and relationships.

There's the theory that nudity doesn't really make something sexy; the characters and their relationship make it sexy.

I don't know if I ever really bought into the eternal damnation bit.