Some actors can draw from their own darkness.
My films have elements of genre in them, which prevents them from being purely art films.
She [Bettie Page] was a traumatized person, but she did have an active sex life.
I'm not trying to make the world a better place.
I don't think there is any one route to directing.... Other than that I think you just have to think 'By any means possible' and take any job you can that will get you experience. I also did a lot for free. I got paid virtually nothing for my first film, but it changed my life.
I see that women still have self-doubt, and at the same time I feel like I see all these fantastic young women, and they all have ambition and are so focused on their futures. I don't think that's an anomaly anymore.