I think it's true that the more sanitized a person is, you can't really relate to that person.

As a director, you've got to have quite a few projects going because you never know which one will actually come together with the financing and get the green light.

I thought it would be quite a challenge to direct a mystery thriller. I hadn't really done something like that.

I used to be an architect, so I have a series I am working on with USA Network that I created and am co-writing.

When I talk to film students, I always say, "Buy the DVDs and listen to the commentaries, look at the making of, look at the behind-the-scenes," because that's such a great learning tool.

Now there are three guys who directed "Twilight" films that had a gross of a gazillion dollars. All those "Hunger Games" guys, the "Divergent" guys. All those people. When they are looking for the next big director, they see they have a track record. So there's 20 people that spun off of "Twilight" that have more qualifications than any woman.

The truth is, most of those female stories that are contending for Oscars are directed by men. Let's be honest. I looked at the 44 Oscar contenders in Variety that someone wrote up - there was not one directed by a woman. All the ones that were getting an Oscar pitch with the money and everything behind them were by men.