"In real life there are no bad guys. Everybody just has their own perspective."

"I just want the same rights that a novelist has... you can write a novel about a bastard, but he can be totally interesting."

"I'm a big fan of movies that are unapologetically violent."

"Just because I was at an anti-police brutality protest, doesn't mean I'm anti-police. We want justice, but stop shooting unarmed people."

"Filmmaking can be a democratic process. In which other people, other than rich white men, can make movies."