I have felt over the years a definite progression or arc from feeling guilty about what I had done with the first one [film], because certainly there was all that fundamentalist guilt that came pouring back in.

It's quite rare that you make something and think that you did something that no-one else had done.

I love the fact that a lot of my audience is people from the inner city. African-Americans love my films.

The first monster that an audience has to be scared of is the filmmaker. They have to feel in the presence of someone not confined by the normal rules of propriety and decency.

I believe the cinema is one of our principal forms of art. It is an incredibly powerful way to tell uplifitng stories that can move people to cry with joy and inspire them to reach for the stars.

I like to address the fears of my culture. I believe it`s good to face the enemy, for the enemy is fear.

I learned to take the first job that you have in the business that you want to get into. It doesn't matter what that job is, you get your foot in the door.