I wanted very much to be Miles Davis when I was a boy, but without the practice. It just looked like an endless road.
“I wasn't a kid who moved out from Iowa with aspirations of becoming a famous star - I was intrigued by the idea of filmmaking and by the idea of what it would be like to play a character in a movie.”
“Colonialism deprives you of your self-esteem and to get it back you have to fight to redress the balance.”