“Creatively, I just like interesting characters. So straight, gay, or w...” — Dee Rees Quote

“Creatively, I just like interesting characters. So straight, gay, or whatever - like, whatever, wherever the characters are coming from or their lifestyle.”

“'Mudbound,' you know, is about home. 'Mudbound' is about what it means to be a citizen, and 'Mudbound,' in fact, is set in this post-reconstruction era that we haven't really explored. You know, not since 'Sounder' have we even really explored that experience.”

“I'm not a writer that writes every day. I just kind of have ideas. I jot them down when I have them, and when I have enough, I just start. And for me, I start more around noon, and I'm all about feeling. Once there's a theme, I can't not write.”

“I've wanted to produce for a long time. I'd love to get a bunch of my girlfriends together - a female writer, a female director - and create something. Creatively, it's a different dimension. Why wouldn't people want that?”

“But I love stand-up, and it's where I came from creatively, so it's something I never want to walk away from.”

“We want all pupils to have the chance to study subjects that are not only going to set them up for the future but which will stretch them creatively.”