I make movies for my needs. My goal has never, never, never been to make shocking movie.

I was always storytelling, since I was a child. I remember myself at 10 years old telling stories to my sisters and brother. This is something I did through my adolescence and even through my twenties.

There is a mysterious stillness and intimacy of a woman doing her hair and make-up which attracts me.

When I'm writing, I don't put faces on the characters. When I finish the first draft of the script, I start visualizing, and sometimes then I think about one actor.

All my movies are difficult to classify because they are very eclectic in mixing genres.

I don't want the director to have to make any decisions except to say "action" and "cut."

Cukor is one of my favorite directors. He was a master at directing women.