When you are trying to get a shot, you can't be pleasing everybody. And I tend to be sort of collaborative and a bit of a pleaser. And when I'm directing, people just sort of call me Black Hat Gabriela. Because suddenly they're like, "What happened to you?" Because I stop listening. And I feel strident. I feel rude. And I feel un-collaborative.
Liz W. GarciaThe camera is your way to see what you want to see - it's an extension of the director's fantasy. I'm executing my personal fantasy, whether it's a fantasy of pleasure or of pain and fear.
Liz W. GarciaIn documentary, which is the only thing I'm really very familiar with, women are very easily relegated into a producer role.
Liz W. GarciaI 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.
Liz W. Garcia