I really wanted to emphasize the idea of the women being isolated and abandoned . . . and they weren't raised to take care of themselves, so they had to learn to survive.

I think I'm always drawn to projects that help me understand something about myself.

When you're making a film you're thinking about how to tell the story visually.

I always try to make the soundtrack a good CD on its own.

I definitely have had friendships and moments with people from different backgrounds and in different stages of their lives.

Making films is like making stuff together as kids.

My dad told me, 'Your movie's never as good as the dailies and never as bad as the rough cut.