When a woman wins an Oscar for telling a story from a woman's point of view, that's going to be the win. That's the moment.

I detest producing. I mean, I feel like I do it to enable myself to do all the other stuff that I do love, but I find it's in conflict with the other roles because the producer needs to be the one who says "No" and the director and the writer need to let their mind be free.

Money solves a lot of problems and when you don't have money, you've got to do all this other stuff to solve the problem. It's very hard. I would love to have not necessarily a studio because then you lose so much control but I would love to have decent independent financing where I have the freedom and I have the money to do it right, to not be asking people to work for free or to work for half the rate and not ask those favors again and again because I now owe all these people back who've helped me.

When a woman wins an Oscar for telling a story from a woman's point of view, that's going to be the win. That's the moment.

It's always hard to analyze what your own style is.

I'd like to do what I see in my head. I always feel like I'm directing with one hand tied behind my back.

There's definitely something about the acting that's the most fun.