When you do something that people respond to, and then you start altering the blueprint for what worked, it's pretty fear-inducing. But sometimes, you have to do that, in order to push the boundaries.

When you do something that people respond to, and then you start altering the blueprint for what worked, it's pretty fear-inducing. But sometimes, you have to do that, in order to push the boundaries.

I've always laughed at the term "female director" or even "black director." A director's a director.

All you 'Twilight' fans, can't thank you really enough for being so supportive. You're real cool people.

Nothing I do is salacious or provocative or shocking for the sake of that.

I would say 'The Master' was one of the most inspiring things I've ever got to work on.

I'm very fortunate to have the privilege of working with directors like Bill Condon and Paul Thomas Anderson, who I think is one of the greatest filmmakers of our time.