At any age you can start over. You have to drop the idea of where you should be in your career. And you have to do without a lot of love. Not everyone's going to love you.

They say that depression is anger you turn on yourself, and I think women do that.

I wonder if Bettie Page original gay cult had something to do with the ironies inherent in her image, as well as her innate fabulousness as an image.

Mostly I'm just not American. I spent four years of my childhood here, but I think if you're Canadian you have a very different perspective. You don't think you're at the center of things.

She [Bettie Page] was a traumatized person, but she did have an active sex life.

The good part of working in TV is it's like being a studio director in old Hollywood and approaching different genres. It's a chance to try out different styles.

I just don't think I'm an ideological filmmaker in any way. I don't know how anyone could see anything I've done and see that.