If you push too much for somebody that everyone knows is your friend, and that you've worked with before, it can backfire.

I would rather be hired solely for my talent, not just to fill a quota.

My advice for other female directors: don't think of your gender as a handicap. Don't think about it at all. Just tell the best story you can, and don't stop until you do.

Don’t get hung up on the female thing. The art is not about that.

I joke around sometimes and say that the DP [director of photography] is like a shrink for the director, but there's some truth in there.

It's really the best time to be a woman. And instead it can be an advantage. Think about what you can bring to the table that what you have to offer that makes you unique.

I want people to think about what and who they have in their lives and then run home to hug them and tell them how much they love them.

You can't expect everything to happen all at once when it's been such a male-dominated world for so long.

If you once tell a lie, the truth is ever after your enemy.

Comfort zone has the most comfortable bed in life where dreams become alive in your mind but never become a reality because you never get up from bed to make it happen.

It is a frightening thing to love someone you know the world rejects.

And when all was said and done the lies a fellow told about himself couldn't probably hold a proverbial candle to the wholesale whoppers other fellows coined about him.

If you have to ask yourself if it's love, it's not.

Anybody can say she's an actress. It's another thing to get a job.

[Democrats] are not handling the John Lewis flap the right way, clearly. John Lewis is a hero and a civil rights hero.

If you have a tone like mine that is recognizable. No matter what I play, when you hear my tone you can tell it's me.

Wings of Love long only to fly away from all directions.

I was also very concerned about protecting my family.