Quotes About Ava

When I was out promoting 'Selma,' I became aware of so many other films that ought to be getting distribution. And this is a problem I can do something about because of my experience.

In the kitchen, Ava found the coffeepot

I did a lot of hokey movies when I was starting out at MGM. Good and bad, mostly bad.

bothered. "I'm okay taking notes," I said

Great idea, I said. Call the police. Call the fucking police.

I either write the books or sell the jewels , and I'm kinda sentimental about the jewels.

Turn the lights of please, Ava," she whispered, and I remember her breath hot and rummy on our cheeks. To this day I think of rum as a marine smell; the scent of it on an adult's breath turned the world as small and dark as a boat hold.

There's a big difference between the independent film world and the Hollywood film world, and I don't know that I understood that until I got into certain rooms, and people's faces go blank when you talk about Sundance.

Are women necessary? Not with Ava around