You know, I get much more Jewish in Israel because I like the way that religion is done there.

I tend to lean toward strong female stories. I want to make things that don't already exist out there.

The fact that audiences have come away moved, excited, entertained and stimulated by the film is extraordinarily flattering.

I grew up in the classic American-Jewish suburbia, which has a whole different sense of what it means to be Jewish than anywhere else in the world.

If I had known my own limitations, I never would have taken the risk, and the risk led to one my greatest artistic and personal experiences.

To have to watch myself in a way that was constructively critical was really good for me because it made me a little bit more easy on myself because I wasn't allowed to walk away screaming.

One of the most exiting things about being pregnant is that I just am accepting the complete unknown; it's a complete mystery and miracle.