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" As I've gotten less righteous, less pedagogic, I have become more loving of the artificiality, the art form, the imitation of life in film. "

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" I started making movies in the early '90s, a few years after I discovered 'the cinema' during a three month stay in Paris during which I watched 100s of films. "

" What I loved about 'Goodfellas' is that it's a film about bad behavior - but told with great energy and without judgment - but it doesn't actually shy away from the consequences of that behavior in the characters' lives, which I think is similar in 'Keep the Lights On.' "

" Everything encourages you not to tell stories of gay lives. There is no economy yet for that kind of cinema. "

" My father moved out to Park City in in the mid-'70s and lived in a Winnebago behind a hippie joint called Utah Coal & Lumber that was one of only two or three restaurants at that time. Park City was a sleepy little mining town, with not a condo in sight. "

" New York grabbed me too hard, as did adulthood. "

" Being an artist is in part an act of rupture. "

" I've always been interested in how the individual comes to know and accept him or herself, which I think has been hard for me. "

" By 1988, I was living in New York myself. "

" My films might have been queer - because I was - but they were not gay. "

" Every time you make a film, you create a world. You make decisions about sets and costumes, and you create a universe connected to reality, but not reality itself. "

" I always think of my films within the context of where aesthetics meet economics. That's the nature of making art - not being naive about what is possible and getting what you need to tell the story you want to tell. "

" I don't rehearse with my actors... the first rehearsal is the first time we turn the camera on... Sydney Pollack never rehearsed his actors, and I found out that's allowed... so you film reactions; you don't create them. "

" I've been close to two or three couples, gay and straight, who have been together for 45 years. "

" I have been very influenced by the director Maurice Pialat, who I continue to be in conversation and conflict with and get inspiration from. "

" You can only begin to share life well when you think well of yourself. "

" I got into filmmaking in order to tell very personal stories, and in this day and age, the opportunity seems all the more precious. "

" For gay people, we learned about our lives in secrecy and a lot of fear. "

" Movies are romantic fantasies. "

" I've made four films about the destructive nature of relationships, of secrets and lies, and I think I'm no longer interested in that subject - which is a wonderful relief. "

" Most simply but profoundly, I chose to live an honest life, which I think as a gay person is not a given. "

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" I came to N.Y.C. in 1988 and got very involved with Act Up. I also started making movies, including two very gay shorts, 'Vaudeville' and 'Lady.' It was the height of the AIDS epidemic, and New York City was both dying and very alive at the same time. "

" There's a lot of things lost in the Digital Age. "

" All of my films have been autobiographical - it's all I've got to go on. "

" I remember being a teenager and seeing Seymour Cassel across a crowded room and being incredibly star struck, and not having the courage to say, 'Hello.' "

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" I always hope that people feel less alone when they see a movie that I make. That some part of the story played out on the big screen will resonate for individuals in the audience in a way that gives them comfort. "

" You can be aware of the passing of time without being nostalgic. "

" All history is defined by shifting modes of reality and time and how things change. That's what I love about cinema. It changes in the moment. "