People Of Color Have A Constant Frustration

Power Is Knowing Your Past.

When You Love Something It's Not A Job Anymore.

Violence Is A Part Of America. I Don't Want To Single Out Rap Music. Let's Be Honest. America's The Most Violent Country In The History Of The World, That's Just The Way It Is. We're All Affected By It.

You Gotta Make Your Own Way. You Gotta Find A Way. You Gotta Get It Done. It's Hard. It's Tough. That's What I Tell My Students Every Day In Class. I've Been Very Fortunate. Some People Might Call Me A Hardhead, But I'm Not Going To Let Other People Dictate To Me Who I Should Be Or The Stories I Should Tell. That Doesn't Register With Me.

I Don't Like To Use The Word 'remake', I Think Reinterpretation Is A Better Word. It's Just A Matter Of Respecting The Source, And Then Trying To Make Your Own Film, And Trying Not To Be Inhibited By Being So Beholden To Every Single Thing... We Respect The Source, But We Make Changes To It.