I don't know if I thrive in normal life.

I realised that there's a more muscular approach to film-making that I found very inspiring.

I'm drawn to filmmaking that can transport me. Film can immerse you, put you there.

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

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'm drawn to provocative characters that find themselves in extreme situations. And I think I'm drawn to that consistently.

The Communist regime didn't consider this to be a shining moment in history and assigned no heroism to it. They classified it as merely an accident.