It was easy for me to show the films to the studio and the network and say, "This is who I'm hiring."

I tell the stories that are of interest to me.

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.

It was easy for me to show the films to the studio and the network and say, "This is who I'm hiring."

We have to find new ways to work without permission, new ways to turn corners and go through doors that are closed off to us to create our own audiences and our own material independently.

If you're doing something outside of dominant culture there's not an easy place for you. You will have to do it yourself.

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.