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

One of the elements in the film that really fascinated me was not to look at the world in bi-polar terms of us vs them or east vs west, which was a by-product of the Cold War.

Those of us who work in the arts know that depiction is not endorsement. If it was, no artist would be able to paint inhumane practices, no author could write about them, and no filmmaker could delve into the thorny subjects of our time.

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.

Cinema has the capacity to be so physiological.

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 really look for peak experiences and dramatic material that can allow peak experiences.