I Always Wanted To Write A Story

Very Quickly I Realized That Directing Is A Combination Of Things: It's Visual, It's Directing The Actors, It's Telling A Story. And People Don't Always Mention This Part Of Directing, But It's Also Knowing How To Really Edit Something Into Something That Makes Sense.

I Had To Trick People Into Giving Me Money For My First Film. Making A Romantic Comedy Is Easier And More Expected From A Woman Than It Is To Make A Drama About A Japanese Warrior.

It's Easier For Europeans To Give Money To A Movie That Says A Blow Job Is What Brought Down American Democracy.

Being Happy Is Not All About Love! Love Is Not Everything. Work, Friends, And Achieving Things... Your Finite Thing In Life Can't Be Getting Married And Having Children. Like, Creating A Life For Myself That's My Own, And My Own Road? That Was Always The Most Important Thing For Me. Right Now, I Have A Kid And Stuff, And It's Fantastic To Be A Mother, But It's Not The Final Thing. You Want To Stay An Individual. You Need To Stay An Individual For Your Kid, As An Example Of What A Human Being Should Be! You Want To Stay True To Yourself And Not Become A Half A Person. That Is So, So Important.

I Definitely Didn't Fit In Perfectly To The School System. I Was Raised With Such Freedom Of Speech And Thinking.