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

War's dirty little secret is that some men love it. I'm trying to unpack why, to look at what it means to be a hero in the context of 21st-century combat.

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.

One should make morals judgements for oneself.

For some individuals - some soldiers, some contractors - combat provides a kind of purpose and meaning beyond which all else potentially pales in comparison.

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

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