I've always been fascinated with the idea of people paying for sex and what goes on with that and why that happens.

Seeing other people in pain causes me pain.

When Paul [Greengrass] was writing, he'd send me story ideas that he had. He was particularly interested in social movements and revolutions that had been happening all over the world, and how computers and the internet had helped those movements. He encouraged me to read a book about Anonymous, the hacker group called "white hat" hackers, meaning they're driven by ideology and social disruption as opposed to just greed.

With film, so much is in the director's hands. Once something is cut together - unless you're in the editing room - you don't really remember what the alternatives are.

Even after such milestones as Kathryn Bigelow winning an Oscar, there still seem to be few women in leadership roles.

In my worst moments, I try to think about loving instead of hating. Creation versus destruction, know what I'm sayin'?

It's not my job to critique the writing. I'm there to serve it. I had to figure out a way to make it work.