The Oldest Sibling Always Knows

Film Is Endlessly Just Beyond Your Reach. I Think That's What I Love So Much About It.

I Pretty Much Believe That A Film Is A Film And When An Audience Watches A Film, They Finish It.

My Dad's Gay Experiences Really Had A Very Positive Influence On Me And My Straight Relationships - How To Better Accept All The Weirdness And Ambiguity And Ups And Downs And Paradoxes. I Knew From The Beginning I Was Writing About Love.

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.

As A Son Of A Man Who Pretended To Be One Thing For 33 Years Of My Life And Then Was Another Thing, The Questions Of 'what Is Real' And 'what Is Not Real' Are Very Blurrily Vivid To Me.