Just because I’m telling a story about a woman losing faith is not my rebellion against what I grew up in. If anything, it really affected the way I approached the story, and in fact, approach everything. I don’t judge my characters.

I grew up in a Christian home. The strictness comes with religion in general. Whether you grew up Jewish or Orthodox Jewish or Muslim, there are certain rules and regulations. But my parents instilled in me the importance of defining God for yourself.

I bet you could look at every single thing I've ever done and reduce it to that parenting schematic.

I rely on my directors, a lot. I love being directed.

Whether youre making a million dollar film or a $100 million film there is never enough money, theres never enough time.

You dont necessarily have to be religious to pray.

I was a Ukrainian folk dancer in my teens, and I toured the country in 1991, shortly before the break-up of the Soviet Union.