“My first job was cutting grass. In Miami, this grass grows everywhere. You just …” — Barry Jenkins

You walk on a set, and you have no idea - that's why I don't storyboard. It's all possible.

I love production. I could do it 365 days a year. Post is different. It's just too slow, and everything is very finite.

I didn't really want to be a filmmaker, growing up. Other than Spike Lee's movies, I would think, 'Where is a place for me?' We were so damn poor that it just seemed too far beyond.

I grew up really poor and have always been the type of person who will work earlier or work harder or more than the other person to even the playing field.