Why do we always have to see black people in hindsight? Why are the Hollywood movies always historical? What about the contemporary image of black people?

He's a failed Hollywood writer in his 50s and he's going back to Phoenix to address a problem he has with his father. This is where I think [writer/director] Bob Dolman has been really clever.

There's really no precedent for someone like me gaining clout in the space that I'm in - a black woman directing films in Hollywood.

I make movies for grownups. When Hollywood starts making them again, I'll start acting in them again.

We really wanted to pay homage to the older Hollywood movies of the '70s and '80s as opposed to today. Those are all about gore and Asian ghost stories.

Does Hollywood do movies about terrorism? Yeah. And why do they do that? Because it sells.