Yance Ford Quotes

"Grief, for me, is a moment-to-moment experience."

"Grief is a very complicated monster. There's no real exorcising of it. It has a different form every day."

"I have a lot of surrogate parents, but there's no one like your mother."

"My father just believed in my mother's ability to do anything."

"I remind audiences that I'm in the fortunate position to make a film about my family."

"I worked at 'POV' for five years before I told one person about my brother."

"I'm incredibly proud to be the first trans director to be nominated for an Oscar."

"When I was young, I didn't see anyone who was trans like me anywhere in the movies."

"Violence against the other, and the way we otherize people out of fear, has to be examined across the board."

"If I can help one family embrace their child and not displace them and throw them out, I'm happy about that."

"I don't feel like a hero."

"There is nothing quite as exciting as watching a master at work."

"I love marching bands."