I mean, if this [film Age of Trump] wasn't on Netflix, it would be playing at some lovely art house theater on the West Side once or twice or for a week or maybe two weeks if I was lucky and then it would go away, and I'd be lucky if I could sell the DVDs off my website.

Because my mom always told me that I could. From a very early age, I felt comfortable leading.

I didn't start out thinking that I could ever make films. I started out being a film lover, loving films, and wanting to have a job that put me close to them and close to filmmakers and close to film sets.

For far too long, independent voices have been relegated to places where these ideas are not seen on a mass level.

Filmmakers need to realize that their job isn't done when they lock picture. We must see our films through.

I always find it fascinating to ask people, why they've chosen to live their life as an artist? Why be an actor, a singer, an author, a filmmaker? I've heard such inspiring answers to that question.

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.