I think sometimes big budget means explosions! CGI! CGI, the possibilities are so limitless that it begins to be impractical.

But, it has something to do with having belief in a human future and what that human future is. What is the future of humanity? How does this whole experiment not self-destruct with the environment and everything else going on?

I wasn't actually very naturally good at economics. My brain doesn't work very well, in terms of mathematics.

I used to be able to sit in a chair and for four hours straight in a very focused meditative way be in my own world without ay interruption. And now it's like your brain is getting so trained to check your phone, and there is like a dopamine release every time you get a text whether it's a good or a bad one. I'm really worried about what it's doing to our minds.

So writing became a way to get to act in things that I thought were meaningful, and hopefully write stronger roles for other women.

When I go into a pitch room and I'm pitching something with a writing partner, everybody tends to look at the guy, even if I'm doing a lot of the talking.

There are so many filmmakers who are so talented, and actors and writers who work so hard, and it's really hard to let your work enter the world.