“Movies, as evidenced by a chorus of protesting and celebrating Americans, influence broader trends.”
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I think it's really important to give yourself a very big question that you're working on that you can come home to, even if you, you know, are going to have to go without a cup of coffee or even a meal, that that should nourish you.
The American idea is as promising, imaginative, and full of the unexpected as the land itself. The land represents freedom - the frontier, the ability to make a new future with your own bare hands.
People who are sick, or who have been sick, or have come close to death have a lot to say - and they want you to hear it.
I feel like my work has been my path to freedom from having grown up in a segregated environment.