I always wanted to write a story about a couple coming to that moment in their relationship where either they keep on going or it ends.

To make what you have in your head, I think that's what directing is.

It's a typical story: you think of something, it stays in the back of your head for a while, and then you finally do it.

I put my films together in Europe and it kick-starts the financing when I'm attached as an actress. It makes it easier to move forward.

I've had this opportunity to get some of my financing out of Europe, which has helped tremendously, so I'm not completely dependent on the studio system or on U.S. financing.

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

The truth is I don't see a lot of movies. I see the Oscar films. I see the films that are sent to me and a few films throughout the year.