I never had any desire to become a well-known actress.

I am half-Jewish, and yet really hadn't been brought up within the Jewish faith. So I had felt culturally Jewish, if that's possible, without really understanding it.

At best, I think of a director as a magnet. You get all the metal fillings in all the individual actors and crew, and get those filings moving toward your magnetic direction.

I have a great drive to make things and sometimes I forget to slow down a little.

We all have to embrace the idea not to be worried about there being other women in the room. Gay men work with such solidarity.

In a way, a lot of my work is in the re-writing once it is cast, as I adapt to the rhythms of how the roles are played out by the actors.

I never had any desire to become a well-known actress.