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

I'm definitely not drawn to shooting on a stage, I'm just not.

It's irrelevant who or what directed a movie; the important thing is that you either respond to it or you don't.

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

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.

War's dirty little secret is that some men love it.

I'm interested in social commentary.