I fell in love again (laughs).

I would love to see more women directors because they represent half of the population and gave birth to the whole world. Without them the rest [of the world] are not getting to know the whole story.

There are some things that are real, that you can see, that you can observe, like the moon, and grass and things. But for ideas to become real, they have to be played on your senses.

For me, being a director is about watching, not about telling people what to do. Or maybe it's like being a mirror; if they didn't have me to look at, they wouldn't be able to put the make-up on.

I think if it's interesting, it's interesting, and if it's not, it's not working.

I'm someone who loves to play. I make films so I can have fun with the characters.

It's harder being a woman director because on the whole women don't have husbands or boyfriends who are willing to be wives

Only when you are relaxed can you see what's going on.

Performers are so vulnerable. They're frightened of humiliation, sure their work will be crap. I try to make an environment where it's warm, where it's OK to fail - a kind of home, I suppose.

The studio system is kind of an old boys system and it's difficult for them to trust women to be capable

Women today are dealing with both their independence and also the fact that their lives are built around finding and satisfying the romantic models we grew up with.

How do you sell emptiness, vulnerability, and nonsuccess?

I think our family motto is to always work hard, be humble, kind, and thoughtful about others around us.

A lot of people telling the same story from their various points of view.

There's no conflict between the social-welfare state and open markets.

I know that aiming at perfection has its drawbacks. It makes you go into details that you can avoid but that is the only way you can achieve excellence. So, in that case, being finicky is essential.

It is a wealthy person, indeed, who calculates riches not in gold but in friends.

Reading is more of a left-brain process, and listening to music is a right-brain function.

I do miss competing, being out there - the atmosphere, I do miss it.

I view the art scene as an industry which is slowly developing. These days, technology has mad the world smaller. Meaning that information is a website away.

Perfection is always infinite. We are the Infinite already. You and I, and all beings, are trying to manifest that infinity.