Whenever I think about movies I always look at that art process as having the best of a lot of worlds. Because if you watch a great film you have a musical element to it not just on the scoring but in the way that the shots are edited – that has music and rhythm and time.

Whenever I think about movies I always look at that art process as having the best of a lot of worlds. Because if you watch a great film you have a musical element to it not just on the scoring but in the way that the shots are edited – that has music and rhythm and time.

We were poor. But my mom never accepted that. She worked hard to become a residential contractor – got her master's with honors at the University of New Orleans. I used to go to every class with her. Her father was my paternal figure.

We were poor. But my mom never accepted that. She worked hard to become a residential contractor – got her master's with honors at the University of New Orleans. I used to go to every class with her. Her father was my paternal figure.

I won't touch on risky because that's subjective. People are just afraid of things too much. Afraid of things that don't necessarily merit fear.

I won't touch on risky because that's subjective. People are just afraid of things too much. Afraid of things that don't necessarily merit fear.

I feel like I was writing as I was learning to talk. Writing was always a go-to form of communication. And I knew I could sing from being in tune with the radio.

I feel like I was writing as I was learning to talk. Writing was always a go-to form of communication. And I knew I could sing from being in tune with the radio.

I feel like I was writing as I was learning to talk. Writing was always a go to form of communication.

I feel like I was writing as I was learning to talk. Writing was always a go to form of communication.