I can't change my gender, and I refuse to stop making movies.

I have always firmly believed that every director should be judged solely by their work, and not by their work based on their gender. Hollywood is supposedly a community of forward thinking and progressive people yet this horrific situation for women directors persists. Gender discrimination stigmatizes our entire industry. Change is essential. Gender neutral hiring is essential.

One should make morals judgements for oneself.

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'd love to just think of myself as a filmmaker, and I wait for the day when the modifier can be a moot point.

I don't do what I do to try and break a glass ceiling.

When I made my first film, I didn't think of it as directing, so it wasn't like I set out to become a director.