I think it's hard for everyone to find their way as an adult and to match up their expectations from their youth to what their adult life looks like.

Sexism is real and it persists in film and television. I've seen female directors openly undermined by male cinematographers in front of the entire crew

The camera is your way to see what you want to see - it's an extension of the director's fantasy. I'm executing my personal fantasy, whether it's a fantasy of pleasure or of pain and fear.

A male director doesn't come to situations the same way that a female director would.

In documentary, which is the only thing I'm really very familiar with, women are very easily relegated into a producer role.

I think that there is just a deep and abiding sexism that's part of your life from the moment that you're conscious as a female.

When you're in business, if you have some sort of gimmick it's a huge advantage.

Capital creates space-time.

I think the worst way to go is to have somebody think they speak for God. If you look at history, every nation that has operated as if it spoke for God has become violently destructive.

As the years have gone on, I find one of the dangers of watching dailies... is you fall in love with moments.

An honor is not diminished for being shared.

A profound intriguing and compelling guide to the intricacies of the human brain.

It is not how much you make that counts, but how much money you keep.

No man who is corrupt, no man who condones corruption in others, can possibly do his duty by the community.

Never work with animals or children.

There is no real justification for a requirement that a budget of any sort should be balanced, except as a rallying point for those who seek to hamstring government.