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  • I wanted to be a director first to protect my writing. I'm a playwright and you don't need to protect your writing when you're in the theater because everyone's there to protect the writing. When I had an idea for a film that I really cared about as my own, I wanted to direct it, and then I immediately became interested in directing in and of itself because it's such a deep art. You suddenly have all these tools at your disposal to tell the story.

    "When the world feels dangerous, films showing the human experience are key, directors say". Interview with Mark Olsen and Yvonne Villarreal, www.latimes.com. January 5, 2017.