Am I a 'woman of action'? I don't think of myself that way.

I'm drawn to filmmaking that can transport me. Film can immerse you, put you there.

The journey for women, no matter what venue it is - politics, business, film - it's, it's a long journey.

I don't want to be made pacified or made comfortable. I like stuff that gets your adrenaline going.

Something becomes personal when it deviates from the norm.

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.

It's irrelevant who or what directed a movie; the important thing is that you either respond to it or you don't.

Cinema has the capacity to be so physiological.

There should be more women directing; I think there's just not the awareness that it's really possible.

Films don't cause violence, people do. Violence defines our existence. To shield oneself is more dangerous than trying to reflect it.

I need to have my hands on the DNA of a film.

Sometimes the things that destroy you, become the architectural blueprints which make your mind royal.

The concentration in my book on Marie Antoinette's childhood and on her family influences. It is surprising how some books actually start with her arrival in France!

I'm from where the real hustlers pile dough, the home of Rich Rich Porter, Azie, Alpo.

Banking is necessary - banks are not.

An Editor becomes kind of your mother. You expect love and encouragement from an Editor.

You do things other people cannot do, so just stay in the moment as you improve the other areas.

I might not be as successful as you are today, but tomorrow, next month, next year, or five years from now will be another story.

I think when you're looking for scripts or for characters around your own age, a lot of the times they don't have the kind of responsibility that is usually seen in parts that are older for you.

My success is due more to my ability to work continuously on one thing without stopping than to any other single quality.