I just don't think there's a lot of support for the woman's voice in cinema, and it becomes really difficult to raise that money and start again every time.

When I'm marketing a film, whether its mine or someone else's, I work with a great deal of strategy and elbow grease until the job is done. It's pretty simple really. I just dive in and start digging. Yes, I'm fortunate to know the in's and out's of a true studio-level marketing campaign. But really, anyone who is diligent and well-researched can pull it off too. Its easier for me, but it doesn't make it impossible for others.

I think that women definitely have a special bond as friends that is hard to describe to men, and we don't often see that portrayed narratively.

Figure out what you need to do to be the heroine of your own story.

It's very nourishing and collaborative - kind of the true essence of what one would want an artistic collaboration to be [the collaboration with Oprah Winfrey].

As long as you're in an environment where the worth of the project isn't based on the project but what its predecessors did, it's not truly inclusive.

If your work is solid, it really doesn't matter what people you know because good work starts to rise to the top.