I think romance is a tool, comedy is a tool and drama is a tool. I really just want to tell stories that challenge the viewer, move people, make you laugh, perhaps push an idea about being open-minded but never settle on a genre or an opinion. I hate genre. I like movies that are original in their approach.

I'm too big a fan of rhythm and editing. I'd much rather my editing be brave than my shooting.

People want to know if I have a moral standpoint that they should be picking up on, and the truth is, I don't. I don't want people to think that I'm trying to tell them to feel a certain way. I think that's cheap filmmaking.

Selfishness, narcissism, being uncomfortable in your own skin, not feeling connected to the world around you, feeling dislocated from family and youth, having a strange relationship with your childhood - all those things feel really true to me.

Being pregnant changes you as a human being and it gives you a whole lot of mixed feelings.

Each one of my films is personal; each one of my films is emotionally autobiographical. And I like directors who do that.

With each one of my films, I'm exploring one of my own issues and I try to expose myself a little in the film.