Everyone has a little bit of Howard and Chad in them. I think there's Christine in all men as well.

Without In The Company of Men, I could still be teaching, so who knows if this would've existed.

First I would probably place men at the bottom of the food chain. On a grander scale, I would say they're reacting to change. Feminism has got to be part of that.

There were certain things that I watched, and I screened a series of period films as well, not because I wanted to copy those, because I wanted to be different. “Far from the Madding Crowd” was one I looked to because I thought it looked so good. “Doctor Zhivago.” Unrequited love is always a great thing. “Tess” was something I looked at, I thought Polanski got the period right.

People think my work is therapeutic. I don't see it that way. It's not like I'm saving money from a weekly therapy visit by writing down my life.

If we put the camera on ourselves, our friends and neighbors, we'll come up with some scary stuff.

I make movies I want to see.