Work very very hard. This business is no joke. Make sure you know what you want or you might be taking someone else's view instead of your own.

Work very very hard. This business is no joke. Make sure you know what you want or you might be taking someone else's view instead of your own.

In a way I'm lucky because when people suggest I won't be able to do something I have no choice but to show them they are wrong. If I say I'm doing it, I'm doing it. No matter how hard it is.

The celebrity culture demands a camera-ready-at-all-times look or else the photo is circulated in a demeaning headline.

If you are the writer/director especially, no one cares more about the project than you do. You know it in and out. You created it. So always listen to input but don't be afraid to veto and fight decisions that you know instinctively are wrong.

Actresses feel immense pressure to keep up. Nobody wants someone who doesn't know how to market themselves.

The pressure for an actress to look good and be skeletally thin is insane and unrealistic and it's a subject I've been fascinated by.