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

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

Character and emotionality don't always have to be relegated to quieter, more simple constructs.

With each project, I'm going for something that makes viewers think, 'Wow, I've never seen a film like this before,' and later think, 'Wow, I've only seen a film like this once before. I saw it in theaters and am watching it now on Netflix or a similar streaming service.'

Something becomes personal when it deviates from the norm.

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.

I began to exercise a lot of cinematic muscle with the precepts I had learned in the New York art world. Film was intriguing. I began to think of art as elitist, whereas film was not.