They took a cut in pay. I worked pretty much for almost nothing. It's hard to get these films done. But if I don't do it, it'll be hard for the next filmmaker. If not, African-Americans are going to be doing small, black films.
Somebody has to take that step to do something different.
I try to make films with African-American characters where everybody can come see the movie, everybody can say, 'This is not a black film. This is a black character. That doesn't bother Tillman. I feel like you gotta get emotional. I was emotional.