I have, in some ways, saved characters that have been marginalized by society by playing them - and having them still have dignity and still survive, still get through it.

I'm interested in directing movies about situations that I've lived, so they are almost a personal essay about what I've come to believe in.

I'm not interested in being perfect when im older. Im interested in having a narrative. It's the narrative that's really the most beautiful thing about women.

The best reason to make a film is that you feel passionately about it.

There is no direct evidence, so how could you ask me to believe in God.

I was a literature major in college and that was my thing, books.

What do I do to live? What do I do to be vital? The answer is always creativity; the answer is always art.