I want people to feel something in the pit of their stomach. I want my movies, especially the ending, to stay with people long after the credits have rolled.

Be decisive and persevere. You have to recognize that, at the end of the day, no one really cares if you make another movie. That decision falls on you. You're the leader of your own destiny and the one person who can't walk away.

I always say, I'm a woman, I can't change my sex. I can't get angry about it. I'm too busy desperately trying to get my movies made. It's hard work. There are no short cuts. If there were, I would have found them by now.

The secret is you need a director who refuses to walk away and you need a director willing to put their whole career behind the project.

I want people to feel something in the pit of their stomach. I want my movies, especially the ending, to stay with people long after the credits have rolled.

It's always about a character that I become obsessed with and who refuses to leave me alone.

I want to give the audience what they want, but not at all costs. I want to leave them with something. I try to do that with every single movie I make.