I think that directing is the ultimate martyred task of filmmaking, that it has nobility to it. It takes three years to make a film, for the most part. I think it requires the attentiveness of a mother hen. I don't know how people raise children and direct films. I'm sorry, I don't know, how can you be good at both?

You really can't take a cat and turn it into a dog, or try and get lemons off an apple tree, or what have you.

You see the movie with the music and the editing and all the parts that you weren't there for when it was being filmed, and you really appreciate all the names that are scrolling by. You realize that you accomplished so much.

But I do love horses. They are such an expression of joy.

For me, going away to work is the hardest part of my life and career.

I'm not a bad parent and partner, even if I make a thousand mistakes.

When I was about seven, I started touring the globe as part of New York's La MaMa theater company - without my parents!