I don't do what I do to try and break a glass ceiling.

I don't want to be made pacified or made comfortable. I like stuff that gets your adrenaline going.

Am I a 'woman of action'? I don't think of myself that way.

Something becomes personal when it deviates from the norm.

I realised that there's a more muscular approach to film-making that I found very inspiring.

I choose material instinctually - at the heart of it are characters that I feel are fresh and original, and allow for an opportunity to, I suppose, explore uncharted ground.

Films don't cause violence, people do. Violence defines our existence. To shield oneself is more dangerous than trying to reflect it.