“My theory is, independent movies only work if you're willing to push t...” — Balthazar Getty Quote

My theory is, independent movies only work if you're willing to push the material and do something different.

It's been such a group effort. When you're a new band and you have limited resources, you end up getting people that are there because they love what you do, and that's great.

I wanted to be a professional baseball player.

I had a very modest upbringing.

Even in my darkest times I knew I had a good future ahead of me.

The only place that I'd be worried about being typecast is the independent film world.

Within the realms of my disability, I was able to be quite independent.

Taiwan is an independent sovereign country.

I lived with my parents in Belarus, and I went to Russian kindergarten, which is where I learned Russian. Belarus had just become an independent country; there was no food in the supermarkets, so it looked very post-war, very Soviet.

Sometimes in the black culture, being raised as an independent woman is misconstrued as someone who doesn't need a man. I think that's wrong. I think we all need someone.