I am drawn to intimate, often uncomfortable portraits of a woman persevering and awakening.

You dont have to be gay to be attracted to your friend.

You ought to have a perspective when you're making a film.

When I look at female characters, I want to recognize myself in them - my trials, my tribulations as a mother, as a wife, as a lover, as a daughter.

Someone once told me that religion is like a knife: You can stab someone with it, or you can slice bread with it.

There's just a deeper level of sophistication in the writing of female characters on TV.

Your soul either feels lifted by something that you read, or it feels squashed by it.