I always knew I wanted to make films, but just didn't quite know how to start. I was making little short films with my friends but I wasn't quite sure how to put those pieces together for myself.

It is my sense of exclusion from representation that made me want to be a part of figuring out if we could make a difference.

French is the language that turns dirt into romance.

We have a real role in how our own collective lives, our nation, and our world and society turn out. Seizing those opportunities is important, and disasters are sometimes one of those opportunities.

I've noticed since I've been out is Eddie Hearn and this fight gives me an opportunity to shut him up.

I loved the Cure and Bauhaus and the Smiths. The people in my town weren't privy to that kind of music and I got abused. I discovered the microphone to get out some of that angst.

The last time I changed my camera was 50 years ago. All I need is a good face and the right light.

It's so crazy because kids that wrote to me when they were 14 years old are still in my life. A lot have gone on to become musicians and artists in their own right who inspire me now.

If you're very clearly good or you're very clearly bad, then there isn't that much internal dilemma going on, and that's not necessarily as interesting to play.

When love overflows and is expressed through every word and deed, we call it compassion. That is the goal of religion.

Well-trained and dedicated employees are the only sustainable source of competitive strength.

When I hear music, my body just starts to move. It has nothing to do with training or anything. That's just me. That's just my body. And I was like that as a child, too.