I think it's about having a competent president, and I don't really think gender has to do with how Hillary Clinton will lead.

In real life I'm not the one who's playing with guns or smoking.

I don't know if the scripts are changing so much. I mean, I've been working for almost 25 years and made over 40 films and I worked with my first female director, on a feature, "Planetarium". And it's still the only one.

I'm tough on myself in terms of the standards I want to live up to, but that's also part of my pleasure: Knowing you are being your fullest self. Being your fullest self is a lot of work.

Obviously, in a friendship there are always things, good and bad, that go on between people. You can't take away what's already happened. And if it's something that's really terrible, I think you have to forget about the friendship.

I think the press is doing a wonderful job of putting the pressure on the decision-makers in Hollywood to support more female directors.

Sometimes people's reactions tell more about themselves.