This Is The First Generation To Grow

I Think That The Romantic Impulse Is In All Of Us And That Sometimes We Live It For A Short Time, But It's Not Part Of A Sensible Way Of Living. It's A Heroic Path And It Generally Ends Dangerously. I Treasure It In The Sense That I Believe It's A Path Of Great Courage. It Can Also Be The Path Of The Foolhardy And The Compulsive.

It's Harder Being A Woman Director Because On The Whole Women Don't Have Husbands Or Boyfriends Who Are Willing To Be Wives

If You Start With A Good Idea, You Can Encapsulate It In A Phrase And Explain It. I Like High-concept Films. Everyone Can Get Hold Of It. I Don't Think There's Any Harm In That At All.

There Was A Big Drive When I Was At Art School To Make You Aware Of The Economy Of Meaning - After All, This Was Still During The Tail End Of Minimalism. Being Responsible For Everything You Put In Your Picture, And Being Able To Defend It. Keeping Everything Clear Around You So You Know What Is Operating. To Open The Wound And Keep It Clean.

I Think That Three-act Fundamentalism In Film Culture Is A Problem Sometimes, Because It's Almost Too Obvious, Or It's Too Expected. And It's Not The Only Way To Fill Two Hours, Or To Phrase Things, Or To Order Thoughts, Or Order Ideas.