“I am intrigued by inanimate objects. They're a piece of history, someone's statement and ideas of life.”
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I think I make films to help bolster and feed the part of me that wants to remain in a positive relationship with the world and to engage in it. So hopefully in non-sentimental ways, I'm trying to make something that helps make me happy.
OK, so my parents were married in 1955 and my mom knew my dad was gay and my dad knew he was gay and so I was, like, 'Why in the heck did you get married?' Like, what was going on? What was that time? It's like this crazy paradox that my whole life is based on, or my family's based on. So I spent a lot of time trying to understand '55.
To me, sadness and humor aren't disrelated and humor is the best tool I've had against the sadness in my life.
I guess I watch movies to make myself happier a lot.