As women, we're always in negotiation with how we're being perceived versus how we feel.

The way I sometimes approach my work, when I look at a script for the first time, is to identify what the archetypes are and what the writing is trying to do in that context.

In my experience, directors who are the most comfortable with themselves and confident in their work give you and everybody on the crew the freedom and the space to create. It's the people who are more insecure who feel the need to control and micromanage.

You want to be a part of something that is going to change history or make history or be bigger than yourself.

You have people who know you are competent enough to do your job and then you have the ones that just hover around.

It's mostly directors whom I get starstruck around.

I think the mark of a good director is that they surround themselves with good people.