I'm a filmmaker. I'm always searching for the truth in everything I do. I demand it from my writing partner and my crew, actors, and so hopefully, we're making people think.
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The truth of the matter is, I'm a filmmaker.
I think, as a filmmaker, it's important to be honest with yourself at all times in terms of what's working and what's not.
Whether I'm acting, writing, or directing, I want to tell the truth about human beings, especially my folk.
My job is to create a film, where we are capturing truth in performances.
You have these relationships with people that you care about, but I also try to stick to my job as filmmaker and be fair and truthful about what I saw and my experience of the people, hopefully informed by a deep understanding of them.
What I try to do with my career as an actor is what I've learned in the theater: I am rigorous with myself as to whether I'm telling the truth, and I try to surround myself with filmmakers and content creators who are also interested in the pursuit of the truth.
I'm a journalist, and I'm a filmmaker. I have an organization that's all about telling stories.
If you want to tell stories, be a writer, not a filmmaker.
I have major credibility as a hip, out-there documentary filmmaker, and I'm not going to say, 'I'm only a drama filmmaker' anymore.
I'm going to keep making films I believe in. Whether I am successful or not is besides the point.
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