To Deny Women Directors, As I Suspect

I Had This Spooky Psychological Thing About 'the Piano' Before It Began, Which Was How Everybody Was Going To Go Nuts On The Set. Because A Film Tends To Set Up The Way People Are Going To Behave.

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.

I Had A Daughter Who Was 9 Years Old And I Had The Feeling I Wasn't Going To Be A Real Parent If I Didn't Quit Making Movies For A While And Spend Time With Her. I Also Felt That I'd Made Enough Movies And Said What I Had To Say At The Time.

I Think This Is Interesting, Us Human Creatures Are Capable Of Love, And It's A Very Powerful Emotion. It Also Can Go Awfully Wrong.

With 'bright Star' And With 'the Piano,' Too, I Felt A Kind Of Sadness About It Being In Such A Different Era, Because Of My Lack Of Experience With The Era. And One Of The Ways I'd Get Over It Is To Remind Myself That Every Film, Even If It's Contemporary, Creates Its Own World.