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" I could not - and I still cannot - see a sustainable career as a filmmaker in which I focus fully on our gay stories. "

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" One of the biggest things that happens to many people when they have kids is that you suddenly realize that you're not going to last forever. You know there is another generation who are the heroes of their own stories, and that is humbling. "

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" I've been hiding crucial events in my life since I was 13. "

" By 15, I was lucky enough to find the theater. "

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" As a gay person, my life has been marginalized. "

" 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.' "

" 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 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 think there's a fear of difference in American cinema. "

" Without community events like NewFest, I don't think we'd have a queer cinema in America. "

" A lot of what I think I do as a director is try to give everything over to the actor. So I disappear. "

" 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.' "

" Intimacy is something to be cherished, and intimacy is not something to be afraid of. "

" 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. "

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

" Why do people stay in relationships that are tough from almost the very beginning? "

" What's interesting to me is the distinction between my old life and my present life. "

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

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

" 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. "

" Music Box has proven itself in a few short years to be a cutting edge distributor with a sophisticated understanding of both the market and cinema. "

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

" Everyone wants to belong, and everyone needs to belong in order to make a career on some level. "