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

I can't stand outside myself and be anybody else.

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

Cinema has the capacity to be so physiological.

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

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