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

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" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

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" I conveniently was not accepted to film school, which I applied to in 1987, and so I decided I would become a filmmaker instead of a student. "

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

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" 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. "

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