What's most galvanizing for me is the opportunity to be topical and relevant and entertaining. That's the holy grail.

I do have to say I have been very fortunate.

I'm interested in social commentary.

I don't believe in censorship in any form.

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

Whereas painting is a more rarefied art form, with a limited audience, I recognized film as this extraordinary social tool that could reach tremendous numbers of people.

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