You program music with an image and then people are desensitized.

I've had male executives say that my lead character was unlikable because she slept with a lot of guys.

People will justify whatever for a good cause.

You just have to throw fear out the window. If there's anything that's going to hold you back, it's fear.

I don't want to sound like a heroic woman or to seem full of myself, but I do have a core of trust that I'll figure things out and find my way. And if whatever I try is not a good experience, even that is a good experience. If something turns out lousy, it's interesting.

I am, to be quite honest, sick of hero stories.

Americans in particular are myopic. They're not traveling as much. When you were a college student, the next thing you would do on graduation was to take a year off and travel. That's what I did. I went to Indonesia.