Honestly, I'm always aware of the political implications of the movies that I make.

You're not going to do good work if you're not choosing something because it inspires you.

I have a couple of girlfriends who are like healing. We take care of each other. They know when I need to be taken care of.

Mainstream Hollywood makes a few good movies a year. And in order to be in one of those, you have to be one of five people. Hollywood makes many bad movies too, which I'm not interested in being a part of. But there are only a few good independent movies a year, and many, many bad ones. I want to be in good movies, and I want people to see them.

Having an education is invaluable.

I do seem to have a bit of a predilection for movies that say something transgressive.

I've noticed a lot of people talking about the wealth of roles for powerful women in television lately. And when I look around the room at the women here and I think about the performances that I've watched this year, what I see actually are women who are sometimes powerful and sometimes not. Sometimes sexy and sometimes not. Sometimes honourable and sometimes not. And what I think is new is the wealth of roles for actual women in television and in film. That's what I think is revolutionary and evolutionary and it's what turning me on.