To me, sadness and humor arent disrelated and humor is the best tool Ive had against the sadness in my life. – Mike Mills
My dads gay experiences really had a very positive influence on me and my straight relationships – how to better accept all the weirdness and ambiguity and ups and downs and paradoxes. I knew from the beginning I was writing about love. – Mike Mills
Being a good Hans Haacke student, part of his influence on me is that theres no difference between a gallery show and a film – or even an ad and a T-shirt-in terms of cultural legitimacy. Theyre just different contexts in which to have some sort of communication. – Mike Mills
Its funny now how much we look at – whatever you want to call it: art, design, culture stuff, film – online, and how in the online world, youre instantly global. – Mike Mills