I am a strong, black, lesbian woman. Every time I say it, I feel so much better.
As a director, I really wanted to learn and I needed to get away from my own stuff to figure out how to just do things and work with good people.
The biggest thing I’ve heard for the last four months is, ‘Thanks for ruining my childhood’.
The director is the only person on the set who has seen the film. Your job as a director is to show up every day and know where everything will fit into the film.
I'm more of a science head, so I was like how would a guy use - if there were ghosts - technology to bring them back?
I really put my heart and soul into everything and I don't want a project that doesn't feel real to me or I don't get invested in. In order to drive a show for eight or 10 years or whatever the target for doing a show is, it really has to be a part of you. Because then I can come up with stories for seasons and seasons on end. I wish I had the ability to just like the idea and get people in and drive it that way through their enthusiasm. For me, it has to be a little more of a personal thing, even if it's not a completely personal story.
I always hated high-school shows and high-school movies, because they were always about the cool kids. It was always about dating and sex, and all the popular kids, and the good-looking kids. And the nerds were super-nerdy cartoons, with tape on their glasses. I never saw 'my people' portrayed accurately.
A new yogi doesn't handstand on their first try, and a new teacher doesn't start out as a headliner. Be patient, and trust it's all going to add up and unfold in due time.
It's a profession in which, the longer you stay, the closer you are to being fired.
From the king To the beggar, by gradation, all are servants; And you must grant, the slavery is less To study to please one, than many.
I've loved someone since I was seventeen but I can't have him and I can't give him up. So until I can do that no one else will stand a chance.