Something becomes personal when it deviates from the norm.

There's really no difference between what I do and what a male filmmaker might do. I mean we all try to make our days, we all try to give the best performances we can, we try to make our budget, we try to make the best movie we possibly can.

I did a pilot for Anything But Love in 1988 that didn't sell.

Perhaps the only thing in my favor is that I am very tenacious. I don't take 'no' very well.

Whereas painting is a more rarefied art form, with a limited audience, I recognized film as this extraordinary social tool that could reach tremendous numbers of people.

There should be more women directing; I think there's just not the awareness that it's really possible.

Something becomes personal when it deviates from the norm.