I did this Super-8 film at art school called Tissues, this black comedy about a family whose father has been arrested for child molestation. I was absolutely thrilled by every inch of it, and would throw my projector in the back of my car and show it to anybody who would watch it.

Women today are dealing with both their independence and also the fact that their lives are built around finding and satisfying the romantic models we grew up with.

I think I made good movies.

In some ways Holy Smoke is about people's journey to the heart.

The studio system is kind of an old boys system and it's difficult for them to trust women to be capable

The Piano ended up on television. Everything ends up there anyway.

But I think it's quite clear in my work that my orientation isn't political or doesn't come out of modern politics.