In New York there's a lot of interstitial spaces; spaces in between spaces, where you're changing, and New York gives you the anonymity to be who you…

- Dee Rees

I very much related to the idea of sexual identity and how it doesn't have to be black and white. When I first came out, there would be butch people …

- Dee Rees

Ultimately, the people [who] are going to help you make your film are the people who believe in you and believe in the story. And as long as you stic…

- Dee Rees

I love directing because you get to see your film come to life. You get to work with the actors. There's something magical about each piece of it.

- Dee Rees

I look at Woody Allen's prolific career of 30 or 40 films, and I'm watching the clock. I'd love to work at a clip of a film a year. We don't get the …

- Dee Rees

The only advice I can give those who want to sell thei films is to surround yourself with people who are friends and people who believe in you and yo…

- Dee Rees

Writing is really freeing because it's the only part of the process where it's just you and the characters and you are by yourself in a room and you …

- Dee Rees

What I love in working on film is just working with actors. It's one thing to write scenes alone over a keyboard and to imagine the actions and react…

- Dee Rees

I've always liked to write, but I never thought I could make a career out of it. I went to business school because in the '80, it was the thing to do…

- Dee Rees