Acting, for me, is exhausting. I'm always more energized by directing. It's more intense to direct. I can pop in and express myself, then pop out again. It's a huge passion for me.

Ninety-five percent of women's experiences are about being a victim. Or about being an underdog, or having to survive... women didn't go to Vietnam and blow things up. They are not Rambo.

I prefer to commit 100 per cent to a movie and make fewer films, because it takes over your life.

Being an artist is a way of saying, I am here, and this is what I stand for.

It's very hard for me to get a new car. It's really hard for me to get a new house. It's really hard for me to move on from the things that give me stability.

I fantasize about having a manual job where I can come home at night, read a book and not feel responsible for what will happen the next day.

Let how you live your life stand for something, no matter how small and incidental it may seem.