I entered the film industry sprinting, but not for long.

While my work is usually about the Igbo woman experience, there are many aspects of my female characters that women everywhere can and do relate to.

There are a lot of filmmakers I love whose work doesn't inspire mine at all. For example: Quentin Tarantino. From his films you can see that he has a wicked sense of humour, and I love that!

The audience I'm targeting doesn't care about the language spoken in the films they watch. They're interested in more important things like story, performance, cinematography etc.

I prefer to discover new talent by holding open auditions.

I was having tea with a guy I was introduced to, about the possibility of working with him at his production company. He asked me if I'd written anything, and I said yes. Then he said 'why don't you just shoot it'? And I thought, "duh!" Best advice I ever got.

As a filmmaker you make your films with the audience you want to attract in mind.