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.

I'm a huge Dirty Dancing fan. I feel like I should be reading [William] Shakespeare, but I'm watching Baby not be in a corner.

It sounds kind of flighty, filmmaker-y, but I believe films are a piece of art. They are meant to be what they're meant to be, and sometimes the artist is informed by the film of what it needs to be.

Those [old] days are gone... accept the reality and do it.

I know that there are a lot of great women that have gone before me, so it's important to acknowledge them.

Don't wait for permission to do something creative.

I didn't go to film school. I got my education on the set as a niche publicist in the film industry.