A lot of things affect women differently than men, and women get left out.

Studios weren't banging on my door to offer me parts... And I thought, well how am I ever going to make movies that speak to my heart and to my values?

I think what's happening in the world - there's nothing more dangerous than a wounded beast, and the patriarchy is wounded.

That's what we're all doing: paving the way, finding the roles that have the complication instead of the one that's always got it together or the dedicated housewife or the wild one who smokes cigarettes and sleeps with anybody.

I don't think there's anything more important than making peace before it's too late. And it almost always falls to the child to try to move toward the parent.

Relationships are the oxygen of the psyche.

I've always felt like a teacher. Whenever I've learned something important, my reaction has always been to tell everybody about it. I read a book, I buy 100 copies and I send them out.