I Collect Names For Characters.

As A Writer I Want Everybody To Get A Chance To Voice Their Opinions. If Each Character Thinks That They're Telling The Truth, Then It's Valid. Then At The End Of The Film, I Leave It Up To The Audience To Decide Who Did The Right Thing.

You Gotta Make Your Own Way. You Gotta Find A Way. You Gotta Get It Done. It's Hard. It's Tough. That's What I Tell My Students Every Day In Class. I've Been Very Fortunate. Some People Might Call Me A Hardhead, But I'm Not Going To Let Other People Dictate To Me Who I Should Be Or The Stories I Should Tell. That Doesn't Register With Me.

I Respect The Audience's Intelligence A Lot, And That's Why I Don't Try To Go For The Lowest Common Denominator.

I Don't Get Tripped Up In Technology. I Use Technology As A Tool. 'oldboy' We Shot Two Pro 35mm. For 'da Blood Of Jesus,' We Shot Digitally. We Shot The New Sony F55. It's A 4k Camera.

One Of The Great Things About African-americans Is That We've Always Had This Attitude: We Make Do With What We Got. It Comes From Our Ancestors Being Slaves.