I can't stand outside myself and be anybody else.

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

I don't believe in censorship in any form.

I'm interested in social commentary.

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

Our film examines the heroism, courage and prowess of the Soviet submarine force in ways never seen before.

If there's specific resistance to women making movies, I just choose to ignore that as an obstacle for two reasons: I can't change my gender, and I refuse to stop making movies. It's irrelevant who or what directed a movie, the important thing is that you either respond to it or you don't. There should be more women directing; I think there's just not the awareness that it's really possible. It is.