Feminists is something people hate above all. Nothing worse than being a woman in this [movie] business. I really believe that.

I've never had help from anyone, ever. I've never had this great director who saw themselves in me, because I'm a French woman in Hollywood. Who could identify with me as a successful director in Hollywood? Nobody. And the few people who could have been mentors, instead they just stole my ideas.

Feminists is something people hate above all. Nothing worse than being a woman in this [movie] business. I really believe that.

I sometimes wish I were African American because people don't bash them afterward. It's the hardest to be a woman.

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.

Usually I'm able to imagine something and it comes out as I imagined, more or less.

People have their faults, but it doesn't prevent you from loving them.