I was a lot younger - when I wrote Water Lilies. I was like 26. It felt so natural to write about adolescence.

I mean, putting women in the center of a movie and not talking about men, that's already political, right? And you know, political doesn't mean that it sends this message or that is has a statement. It's also political in its aesthetic project.

I was a lot younger - when I wrote Water Lilies. I was like 26. It felt so natural to write about adolescence.

Being in a group is a way to actually to speak up, and define yourself in the comfort, and the complexity of the group.

I like the idea of a trilogy. It's cool. I like the word. When you do four, the word isn't cool - not as cool.

People keep telling me, "You don't like boys!" And I'm saying, "Wow, no, it's just that you're not used to them being objectified in movies, but women are so often objectified in movies and we don't care."

I intentionally leave adults out in my stories, not to say that they're not in charge or that they don't care, or that they're failing at what they do. Not at all. It's two things: It's a way to be true to what adolescence feels like, because, okay, your parents may be around, but you still don't want them to be around. What you go through, you go through alone, I think.