Indie film isn't dead, it just grew up.

I didn't get into film to win Academy Awards. I wanted to have a conversation with the audience.

I saw Richard Linklater's film 'Slacker' for my twenty-first birthday. That was the moment when it all seemed possible. This guy gave me hope.

As I grew up, one of my strongest allies has been my sister.

I grew up at a time in Singapore - the '70s and '80s - where it was still possible to go riding around the island barefoot. And I was one of these kids that was just climbing trees and running around the neighbourhood.

I grew up with my mom; it was just the two of us.