So, yes, there's nothing I love more than listening to directors talk about their movies.

I aspire to be able to appreciate and review a director based on their accomplishments and based on who they are and what they bring to the material, regardless of their gender.

People say as a woman actor your career is over at 40. But then they told me I would never work again after I was 16.

I am the luckiest filmmaker I know.

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

I really did feel like I was surrounded by family members. I didn't have a dad, and I remember there were all these guys - in the old days, there were no women, except a makeup artist or, occasionally, a script supervisor. So there were just guys who taught me how to, you know, whittle wood, or how to pull focus, and what the camera was doing. And if I was being bratty, they'd sit me down and tell me. There were lots of rules about not being late and making sure that you didn't spill anything. So it felt a little bit like I was in a family.

There is no doubt that each of us is born an individual. Why is it then that so many of us die carbon copies?