Dee Rees Quotes

Writing is really freeing because it's the only part of the process where it's just you and the characters and you are by yourself in a room and you can just hash it out. There are no limitations.

I love directing because you get to see your film come to life. You get to work with the actors. There's something magical about each piece of it.

I love the freedom of writing and then I love the realization of directing. I can't favor one or the other. I enjoy both parts of the process.

Once your film is done, you can't explain to people what something was supposed to be. You can't give them footnotes. It all has to be there.

In New York there's a lot of interstitial spaces; spaces in between spaces, where you're changing, and New York gives you the anonymity to be who you want to be.