American Quotes

Many of us view the bible and other religious teachings as mythology.

In this way, some film schools can be destructive.

If a violent act towards a woman takes place, and the inspiration for that act is violence in cinema, the inspiration for that act would have come from somewhere else if movies didn't exist.

I've also directed, shot, and edited several music videos.

I think you get out of film school what you put into it. If you don't care about making movies, film school will do you no good.

I think the act of condensing months or years of work down to a couple hours of entertainment is pretty wild and extremely rewarding.

I position everything else in my life around making movies.

I never want to become arrogant and think I've made a flawless movie.

I like the fact that major studios have been attempting horror films recently.

I have never seen a connection between cinematic violence towards women and actual violence towards women in society.

I have done some short pieces that are not horror.

I did not go to film school.

I aspire to eventually be making my living by making movies.

I am not stopped by low funds, physical exhaustion, mental exhaustion, or temptations to stop and work on some other production that would be more financially rewarding.

Each feature I make is my focus at that time.

Cinema has only been around for about 100 years. Has all of the world's violence towards women taken place only within the past 100 years?

And the fact that you must make the movie for yourself because no one else will ever fully appreciate the endeavor, makes it a more rewarding challenge.

Also, I plan to screw something up on every movie I do so that I can learn from my mistakes and become a better director with each project.

Violent behavior exists in one's psychological makeup much deeper than the level that receives information from television or movies.

Directors who turn into big babies and shut out criticism stop learning.

Censorship of ideas or images or words is wrong.

Most of my technical knowledge comes from having worked in the industrial video industry.

I'm not impressed by someone's degree... I'm impressed by them making movies.

Everyone has an opinion, and the guy screaming for censorship may be the next guy to have his ideas cut off.

You always make a film with the hope that all types of people will want to see your work and that it doesn't matter about your color, but unfortunately it still does.

When you see all the suits in the room, everybody in the room has on suits, you know, the women, too. We're not wearing dresses and chiffon and we're not as fun as we used to be.

We know that's the bottom line: if money is made, the powers that be pay attention.

There's a difference between actresses of color and actresses not of color. If you look at how big my movies are.

People love to see themselves on screen in a way that makes sense and seems on point.

My biggest challenge will be to play the totally submissive woman. It takes a toll on you when you play someone who's far removed from your personality.