The number of women in power positions is a fraction of the number of men in such positions.

When I research a role it does get a little crazy and maybe even a little stupid.

Almost all the movies I've directed are adaptations. And I think what I found when I went to film school, where they try to push you to find your voice or your thing, is that I got a lot of things out of adaptations.

Not having any real direction, one writer would lead me to another.

If I'm working on a film, I'll do sit-ups for before I shoot. Like, 100 in the morning or something.

School allowed me to have outlets so that some of the pressure was taken off the acting. Every role in every movie, I used to live or die by. Once I had these new outlets, I relaxed a lot more.

Fight scenes are really more like dances than they are fights, because you're depending on your partner to do the right move at the right time. Yes, a tough person or somebody who knows what they're doing will look better in a fight scene, but it also has a lot to do with the other person.