I wouldn't not want to be a director and write as I wouldn't not to want to be a writer and direct movies.

What's not perceived to be an A movie anymore, is often subject matter that would have been thought of as a B movie many years ago.

Most Hollywood boxing movies are metaphors. Your movie is not a metaphor. It's really about boxing.

Andrew Stanton, the writer and director of

The reason I'm a writer is because I'm a writer. The reason I'm going through all these different genres is I'm trying to lay out a landscape for black male heroes.

If you want to be a writer, then write.