What I remember myself from films, and what I love about films, is specific scenes and characters.
I don't make movies for the same reason that a lot of people do. I make films because I need to see them exist in a very specific way.
I had a guidance counsellor who made me take an aptitude test, and told me I should be a bricklayer.
I never feel like there's any one point to the film, to anything, to any of the movies I've made.
I never liked socially conscious rap. I like rap that's physical, that's about a beat and bass and repetition.
What makes Gucci Mane Gucci Mane is like what made Frank Sinatra Frank Sinatra - it's just him. He's trap's Frank Sinatra.
I'm not a video brat. I don't derive all my inspiration through movies. I get it from a lot of other places, too.
I've never actually directed anything I haven't made up. I've never adapted anything.
Cinema sustains life. It captures death in its progress.
I always try to make films in such a way that it's hard to imagine how they came to be, or where they came from.
I do have friends who make movies, but for the most part, I never really wanted to feel like I was part of an industry.
I've always - honestly - never thought of myself as an independent director.
I tried college and I hated that. I seem to quit everything I do.
My knock with filmmaking is the whole bureaucracy around it, so in some ways, staying outside of it is easier for me.
I've just always liked watching people dance. I can't explain it. It used to just make me laugh.
