I Choose Material Instinctually - At The

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.

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.

Whereas Painting Is A More Rarefied Art Form, With A Limited Audience, I Recognized Film As This Extraordinary Social Tool That Could Reach Tremendous Numbers Of People.

War's Dirty Little Secret Is That Some Men Love It.

I Can't Stand Outside Myself And Be Anybody Else.