Every Film Is A Political Act; It's

If We Don't Tell Our Own Stories, No One Else Will.

Making Films Is About Having Absolute And Foolish Confidence; The Challenge For All Of Us Is To Have The Heart Of A Poet And The Skin Of An Elephant.

Humility Is Not A Trait I Often Associate With America.

I Look For The Humanity In People, However Big The Politics Or Oppressive The Situation May Be, Whether It's Subsumed Within A Human Being Or Between Two Human Beings. I Want To Help Us Hold A Mirror To Ourselves.

In Our House We Say 'adolescence' Is A Western Word. We Don't Believe In It.