My Mother Was A Single Mom, And

I Never Really Loved School Through Junior High, But Then I Started Running Track My Freshman Year, And I Was Just Like, 'wow, This Is Cool!

I Love My City And I Feel Like The Majority Of The People That Are In The City Are People From Other Cities. So I Think That L.a. Sometimes Might Get A Bad Rap Because It's Known To Be So Hollywood-oriented And Then Underneath That You Have Crime. But That's Really The Case In Pretty Much Any Major City That You Go To.

If Your Woman Is Asleep Every Time You Get Home, Shes Just Really Tired. Of You.

"southland" Was Not Written For A Black Woman.

I Recognize The Amount Of Time That It Takes As A Director. I Made The Choice To Stop Taking Roles Outside Of L.a. Because I Didn't Want To Miss Any Of My Child's Life.