I do love directing. I'm only comfortable working in the independent film arena for a very small budget where I have creative control and I can put my stamp on it.

I have tender, romantic associations with upstate New York.

Music is what our feelings sound like.

There are women who make things better, there are women who change things, there are women who make things happen, who make a difference. I want to be one of those women.

In the quiet moments, the discoveries are made.

Your soul either feels lifted by something that you read, or it feels squashed by it.

No role is more challenging, rewarding and inspiring than my real-life role as a mom and a wife.

There's no wrong way to experience a film.

Am I ambitious? I used to be afraid of that word but now I think ambition is a good thing.

I think I always try to be accommodating and open and available and proving for my director. I love to give as many takes as they want. I love to give them as many choices as they want.

Doubt is the middle position between knowledge and ignorance. It encompasses cynicism but also genuine questioning.

it ain't as hard as picking cotton

Positive Thinking and creativity are the powerful pairs to push the world forward.

Success is hard, rewards are scant and the glory not always there.

... forty's nothing, at fifty you're in your prime, sixty's the new forty, and so on.

If you look at suicides, most of them are connected to depression. And the mental health system just fails them. It's so sad. We know what to do. We just don't do it.

We feel pain for every Syrian victim.

I think there is something like 90% unemployment in the Screen Actors Guild, so we are the exception.

resignation, perhaps the most stifling word in the language.

It would be very sad if children had no memories before those of school. What they need most is the love and attention of their mother.

I really love beautiful, well-made clothes. I don't shop [a lot], so I tend to have pieces for a long time. I like mixing vintage with newer designers.