I did my English A level in England, and we studied Shakespeare. I had great, great high school teachers, and we parsed the text within an inch of its life.

I'm well aware when they fired the starting gun I was halfway down the track, but I still ran as fast as I could for 25 years.

Let's put it this way: If a raccoon can carry a movie, then they believe maybe even a woman can.

I don't think I'm like Shakespeare.

Directing is such alchemy, it's so easy to fail. And I've seen people who are great at their jobs because everybody has a go. Editors, DPs, actors, craft services guy, everybody wants to try it out but it is such a diffuse but necessary set of skills that you never know which one this person might lack.

There are some things I can just smell. It's like a sixth sense." "Well, actually, that would be one of the five.

My life has included a study of Shakespeare and to me it's very natural, but I know that it's not always accessible to other people.