I really dislike it when women reject feminism; that's ridiculous. I am a product of feminism. Without feminism I would not be making films.

I was lucky with my first film because it had Warhol in it. That was the selling point.

One thing I'm not is a moralistic filmmaker. I'm not trying to tell people what to do, and I'm not trying to lead.

There was a lot of anger among critics that I had not made a sexy movie.

It's interesting that gay men and young women have been the twin engines of the Bettie [Page] cult.

I realized you can always make money; you just do a lot of things.

I grew up interested in the underside of Hollywood, which I think David Lynch does really well.