Sexism is real and it persists in film and television. I've seen female directors openly undermined by male cinematographers in front of the entire crew

I'm a civilized person who obeys the law and is pretty easy to get along with, but I'm more complicated than that. I use my work as a way to get all that other stuff out and experiment with feelings and ideas, and the forbidden. That's just part of my process, I think, to identify something forbidden. That's what lures me into wanting to do the work, write the story down.

I think it's hard for everyone to find their way as an adult and to match up their expectations from their youth to what their adult life looks like.

American television is a huge product that is exported around the world and what that means is that what our movies and films say about who women [are] has global ramifications. There is a burden and a responsibility when you are someone who is very aware of how far we've yet to travel in granting women equal rights and equal respect and you are creating cultural products. You have to be responsible and be aware of the message that you are sending out.

In documentary, which is the only thing I'm really very familiar with, women are very easily relegated into a producer role.

A male director doesn't come to situations the same way that a female director would.

Sexism is real and it persists in film and television. I've seen female directors openly undermined by male cinematographers in front of the entire crew