When you're an actress, you become this thing in people's hands that people are trying to manipulate. I cannot stand it.

Very quickly I realized that directing is a combination of things: It's visual, it's directing the actors, it's telling a story. And people don't always mention this part of directing, but it's also knowing how to really edit something into something that makes sense.

I'm dreaming about making movies for eight weeks, because it's a luxury. But time is money. That's the reality.

Few years ago, I said something about the Academy being very white male, which is the reality, and I was slashed to pieces by the media.

I like doing sequels. Basically, I think it's a fun thing to follow characters in time. In real time.

You can never replace anyone because everyone is made up of such beautiful specific details.

I went to film school to make films just because you're in control of the story.