There is a need, especially right now in America, to be a bit provocative.

Now, there are roles which are capturing a vibrant moment in an older woman's life. There was a time when those interesting roles stopped at 28. A few years ago we would have been finished by our age.

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.

To get people emotionally involved in something intellectual and political is important.

I said to Ramona [my daughter] once ... you should never look yourself up on the Internet. It's something I've learned.

Some people would say you need what you need to work, but I need very little to work, because I learned how to make movies on tiny movies. It's all kind of easy for me.

If I've learned anything as a mom with a daughter who's three, I've learned that you cannot judge the way another person is raising their kid. Everybody is just doing the best they can. It's hard to be a mom.