I think in many ways what my films are about is that search for my grandpa's dentures: for that humanizing narrative that bridges the gap between "us" and "them" to arrive at a "we."

In the same way that we want to expand mental health service for people with mental illness, we also need to make sure that our police officers are getting the mental health help they need.

Mental health treatment is most likely available to the officers, but they may be reluctant to access it due to cultural beliefs within the force, fear of stigma, etc.

We don't see many films in which someone with schizophrenia is the main character.

One thing people often forget when making a documentary is that, in a sense, you still have to cast, find a star, and it has all of those built-in challenges.

Documentary filmmaking has all the challenges and hardships of narrative filmmaking without any of the infrastructure or support. That's both a blessing and a curse.

We all use dishwashers every day and yet none of us would say that we're experts on dishwashers, but somehow we all think we're experts on movies.

You can just imagine the restrictions of shooting in a prison, but I just decided I'm going to embrace those restrictions sometimes when you don't have many choices you can make the best choices.

I don't think that there is any hard and fast rule that says that documentary has to be linear at all.

I think that every film should have its own structure, and that's the beauty of film language - is that we get to express that deeply individualistic side of ourselves.

It can be difficult to present mental illness in film without resorting to devices that, if not handled well, can seem heavy-handed or cliché.

Writers understand the world better, but they lack the strength to change it. Perhaps that is so because they understand their limitations more than others.

Maybe you don’t need to understand her

The question isn't at what age I want to retire, it's at what income.

So there is a foreign intelligence purpose for every one of our FISA warrants.

Honestly, in retrospect, I would wish for future generations to have the ability to have a coming out process that was less alcohol-soaked than mine was.

I love hitting the stage and I don't think I could trade that for sitting in the basement making beats.

At G-20 summit, I worked with US and other countries to bring black money back.

To remember simplified pictures is better than to forget accurate figures.

Each game is an opportunity to be on a great stage and be a witness for Christ. When I step on the floor, people should know who I represent, who I believe in.

To treat life as less than a miracle is to give up on it.