We're Still Living With The Old Paradigm

Studios Weren't Banging On My Door To Offer Me Parts... And I Thought, Well How Am I Ever Going To Make Movies That Speak To My Heart And To My Values?

Some People Are Surprised That The Republicans Are Waging A War On Women, Or That They Voted Against Equal Pay For Women. I'm Not Surprised At All. In Some Ways, It May Be A Good Thing. They're Defending The Patriarchy, Which Is A Wounded Beast! And Wounded Beasts Are Always Dangerous.

I Wasn't Pretty Enough To Be The Pretty Girl And I Wasn't Unattract­ive Enough To Be The Dorky Girl.

I'll Smoke Pot Every Now And Then. I Cannot See A Movie On Pot. The Number Of Movies I've Seen Thinking, This Is Probably The Best I Have Ever Seen, And Then I'll See It Again Sober And Think, What Was I Thinking?

I Always Tried, In The Books I Wrote, To Make It Clear: Thin Is Not The Goal. But I Was Thin. So No Matter What I Said, The Subliminal Message Was, "you Have To Look A Certain Way." And I'm Not Happy About Playing Into That.