I Need To Have My Hands On

I Choose Material Instinctually - At The Heart Of It Are Characters That I Feel Are Fresh And Original, And Allow For An Opportunity To, I Suppose, Explore Uncharted Ground.

My Movement From Painting To Film Was A Very Conscious One.

I Always Want To Make Films. I Think Of It As A Great Opportunity To Comment On The World In Which We Live. Perhaps Just Because I Just Came Off "the Hurt Locker" (2008) And I'm Thinking Of The War And I Think It's A Deplorable Situation. It's A Great Medium In Which To Speak About That. This Is A War That Cannot Be Won, Why Are We Sending Troops Over There? Well, The Only Medium I Have, The Only Opportunity I Have, Is To Use Film. There Will Always Be Issues I Care About.

It's Irrelevant Who Or What Directed A Movie; The Important Thing Is That You Either Respond To It Or You Don't.

Am I A 'woman Of Action'? I Don't Think Of Myself That Way.