The traditional ways to make a film, the traditional ways to share a film, have all collapsed. There are no gatekeepers, per se, any more, and anything can be done. Truly, I feel that.

Most of us think prison is a place where bad people go - which is what I thought for a long time - until you really start to look inside the system and you see, this is not right.

When you say cultural icon, I scrunch my nose.

I don't want to say that in a place that's negative about what the fear is. I just want to be a realist.

My parents [are my hero]. They've helped me be who I am.

When I look in the mirror, I see a woman who is happy.

Usually, you have two people in a scene, and in the history of cinema the hero is most likely going to be the white guy. And the other guy is his friend who is carrying the bag or whatever, and you're not going to light for that guy.