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We Grew Up In A Very Creative Environment And Were Exposed To The Arts At A Very Young Age, So It's Not A Surprise That All Of Us Are In Some Form Of The Arts.

I Decided To Be A Filmmaker Between My Sophomore And Junior Years At Morehouse. Before I Left For The Summer Of 1977, My Advisor Told Me I Really Had To Declare A Major When I Came Back, Because I'd Used All My Electives In My First Two Years. I Went Back To New York And I Couldn't Find A Job. There Were None To Be Had. And That Previous Christmas Someone Gave Me A Super-8 Camera, So I Just Started To Shoot Stuff.

I Get Offered To Do Stuff Where The Money's Nice But It's Not Something I Want To Do - I Get Offered A Lot Of Commercials Too.

I'm Always Open. I Try Not To Have A Closed Mind. In Fact The Only Reason Why I'm Able To Continue To Make Films Since 1986 Is I Have Been Adaptable. If I Weren't Flexible I Sure Wouldn't Be Making Films This Many Years As I've Been Doing It. I've Been Making A Film A Year Almost Since 1986 And That's Hard. That Ain't Easy.

You Have To Do The Research. If You Don't Know About Something, Then You Ask The Right People Who Do.