Humans Are Vulnerable, Messy Little

Ok, So My Parents Were Married In 1955 And My Mom Knew My Dad Was Gay And My Dad Knew He Was Gay And So I Was, Like, 'why In The Heck Did You Get Married?' Like, What Was Going On? What Was That Time? It's Like This Crazy Paradox That My Whole Life Is Based On, Or My Family's Based On. So I Spent A Lot Of Time Trying To Understand '55.

I Don't Really Believe That Documentary Is Objective Reality And Fiction Is All Illusion.

We Never Did Things As We Were Supposed To Do. That Was Part Of Our Ethic. We Did What Felt Right To Us, Not What Someone Told Us We Should Do.

I Would Hate To Think I'm Promoting Sadness As An Aesthetic. But I Grew Up In Not Just A Family But A Town And A Culture Where Sadness Is Something You're Taught To Feel Shame About. You End Up Chronically Desiring What Can Be A Very Sentimental Idea Of Love And Connection. A Lot Of My Work Has Been About Trying To Make A Space For Sadness.

People Ask 'how Does Doing A Film Compare To Doing An Ad?' Well, When You're Doing A Commercial You Don't Have To Sell Tickets. You Have A Captured Audience. Which Is Actually Completely Rare And Great; It Gives You A Lot Of Freedom. When You Make A Film, You Have To Do Advertisements For The Film.