So many actors are not open in front of the camera - they have a persona.

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.

In response to my father-in-law's view, I offered no opinion. He was not looking for my opinion. He had merely been spouting his belief, a conviction that would remain unchanged for all eternity.

I'm crazy, boy. I'm a madman. I could eat both of you for dinner and love every bite.

O, Youth: Do you know that yours is not the first generation to yearn for a life full of beauty and freedom?

You know, one race will not be a survivor if the other one dies, and that's something that we should think about.

My house is me and I am it. My house is where I like to be and it looks like all my dreams.

Be yourself, you’ll be a lot happier.

Everyone has expectations. You just don't want to have them dashed, so you're quiet about them.

I had lunch the other day with my niece, Emma, and she said, 'You're so smart, Aunt Julia.' And I wanted to say, 'I'm not smart - I'm 41! You're 17!'

Everyone ends up moving alone towards the self

One can tell or do whatever one wants when one is in the Opposition but once one is running a state, one cannot do that.