For me, stripping was an unusual kind of escape. I had nothing to escape but privilege, but I claimed asylum anyway. At twenty-four, it was my last chance to reject something and become nothing. I wanted to terrify myself. Mission accomplished.

I had the experience last year of directing my first feature while I had a 1-year-old son and while I was also pregnant, so I am now well aware of the difficulties women who are rearing children face when they're also trying to make headway in mainstream of film.

A lot of people are concerned with staying physically young...I'm more interested in maintaining my curiosity.

I just want to be able to keep my house and pay for my son's school tuition in Los Angeles.

Everybody knows that I'm not a snob when it comes to pop culture, obviously. I love reality shows.

In the past, I'll admit, I've enjoyed being compared to the protagonists in my screenplays.

Couture gowns are like gremlins; you can't expose them to bright light or get them wet.