Salvador Dali, lying on his deathbed in a stupor, is said to have been fed thousands of sheets of blank paper to sign for fake lithographs.

Refugees tend to avoid planes, airports and fake passports, even though flying may appear to be the most obvious way to flee. For one thing, security procedures at airports are far stricter than at land borders.

I used to sign vouchers and sign-out sheets with 'Alexandra Dee.'

Film brings together framing and light and color and performance and music and all of that. To me, everything I've done in my life has been preparing me for filmmaking.

Life before consciousness was like blank paper, so be it.

"I used to sign vouchers and sign-out sheets with 'Alexandra Dee.' Somehow it stuck.