I Don't Know If I Thrive In

One Of The Elements In The Film That Really Fascinated Me Was Not To Look At The World In Bi-polar Terms Of Us Vs Them Or East Vs West, Which Was A By-product Of The Cold War.

Something Becomes Personal When It Deviates From The Norm.

If There's Specific Resistance To Women Making Movies, I Just Choose To Ignore That As An Obstacle For Two Reasons: I Can't Change My Gender, And I Refuse To Stop Making Movies. It's Irrelevant Who Or What Directed A Movie, The Important Thing Is That You Either Respond To It Or You Don't. There Should Be More Women Directing; I Think There's Just Not The Awareness That It's Really Possible. It Is.

There's A Conventional Reaction When You See A Star: You Anticipate He'll Be A Part Of A Particular Denouement Down The Road, So You Don't Worry For That Character.

I'm Interested In Social Commentary.