To be more involved and more aware is appealing to me.
But in a broader sense, when I have more control, I want to expose people to new ideas.
I know that when I grew up I was pretty sheltered, and didn't come to understand much about the world until I was in my really late teens and early twenties, and that process continues.
I want to make movies that people talk about when they leave the theater, that aren't clear-cut, but effective and fulfilling in some sense.
To me, White Boy Shuffle is sort of like Catcher in the Rye, the story is so universal.
The point is to expand the scope of what a movie can possibly mean or be, to get people involved because they're artistic or understand the point of the material, not just because they fit a certain bill aesthetically.
You know, social issue movies don't make a lot of money.
Where you raise your children isn't as important as how you raise your children.
LA can be a very open and accepting creative environment. But it is important, because there is this odd separation here, it is important to make your kids mindful of other people and other people's plight.
I grew up with no money. My kids will grow up with a lot of money and so it's really important to me, and it will always be a part of my parenting, to keep them conscientious and connected socially to other people.
But I'm not particularly comfortable around guns.
People are sheepish when they approach me.
It's nice that people want to compliment you in some superficial way, but I've never considered that that's how I might be categorized. I guess it's better than being called ugly.
I have three sisters and I've always wanted a brother, so I was really interested in that notion.
I am miserable when I'm in a movie I'm not proud of and a movie that I don't want to do.
I've written something and I would like to have my first film directed by the time I'm 30.
What's more ludicrous is the whole idea of me being jealous and competitive.
Well actually, some weeks they'll write that I'm jealous of living in her shadow. Then other weeks, they'll write that all I want to do is loaf around on her money! It's ridiculous!
