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.

I need to have my hands on the DNA of a film.

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.

There should be more women directing; I think there's just not the awareness that it's really possible.

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 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.