My father was a poor man, very poor in a British colonial possession where class and race were very important.

I'd seen my father. He was a poor man, and I watched him do astonishing things.

As a man, I've been representative of the values I hold dear. And the values I hold dear are carryovers from the lives of my parents.

But my dad also was a remarkable man, a good person, a principled individual, a man of integrity.

My father was a certain kind of man - I saw how he treated my mother and his family and how he treated strangers. And I vowed I would never make a film that would not reflect properly on my father's name.

My father was a tomato farmer. There is the phrase that says he or she worked their fingers to the bone, well, that's my dad. And he was a very good man.

In my case, the body of work stands for itself... I think my work has been representative of me as a man.

In America, it is difficult to be your own man.