Right Now A Lot Of People Are

'25th Hour,' Like A Lot Of My Films, Takes Place In New York City. I've Been Very Fortunate To Make Films In The City That I Live. I Mean, It's Great Going Home At Night Instead Of Being On Location.

Any Film I Do Is Not Going To Change The Way Black Women Have Been Portrayed, Or Black People Have Been Portrayed, In Cinema Since The Days Of D.w. Griffith.

I'm A Storyteller, And There's Some Genres I Like. I Don't Think I'm Ever Going To Do Science Fiction, But I Want To Do A Musical One Day. I Want To Tell Stories, I Don't Really Try To Get Boxed In By A Specific Genre.

And One Thing Hollywood Does Well Is Sequels.

We’ve Gone Through The Names—negro, African American, African, Black. For Me That’s An Indication Of A People Still Trying To Find Their Identity. Who Determines What Is Black?