“I know what it's like to be in college and not have the budget to full...” — Nafessa Williams Quote

I know what it's like to be in college and not have the budget to fully look the way I want to.

I think it can be difficult for young lesbian or young gay, bisexual, transgender to come out and be open with who they are because there's such a huge stigma attached to that preference of their sexuality.

Successful artists don't follow trends; they create them.

Who would've thought that this little girl in the ghetto in Philly would be playing the first black lesbian superhero on network TV?

Debbie Allen and Regina King inspire me.

A movie like House of the Dead with around $7 million budget or Alone in the Dark with around $16 million budget are much easier to make profit than the typical $50 million major motion picture.

The difficulty with film is you always have to consign a story to being a certain length, whereas with a book you don't have budget constraints; you can cast it yourself.

There's no big budget Canadian movie. Whatever movies are big budget in Canada come from the States. Or also have States financing. Everything's pretty small.

I came from Bill Blass, where it was a well-oiled machine and if I said I needed a fabric, it was done. Now, I have to budget everything. I have to take on the role not just as a designer but a business. But I'm a glass half-full kind of guy.