But Short Films Are Not Inferior, Just

There Is A Different Kind Of Vulnerability When A Woman Is Directing

With 'bright Star' And With 'the Piano,' Too, I Felt A Kind Of Sadness About It Being In Such A Different Era, Because Of My Lack Of Experience With The Era. And One Of The Ways I'd Get Over It Is To Remind Myself That Every Film, Even If It's Contemporary, Creates Its Own World.

I Think That Three-act Fundamentalism In Film Culture Is A Problem Sometimes, Because It's Almost Too Obvious, Or It's Too Expected. And It's Not The Only Way To Fill Two Hours, Or To Phrase Things, Or To Order Thoughts, Or Order Ideas.

One Of The Things We Learn In Movies Directed By Men Is What The 'fantasy Woman' Is. What We Learn In Movies Directed By Women Is What Real Women Are About. I Don't Think That Men See Things Wrong And Women Right, Just That We Do See Things Differently.

I Had A Daughter Who Was 9 Years Old And I Had The Feeling I Wasn't Going To Be A Real Parent If I Didn't Quit Making Movies For A While And Spend Time With Her. I Also Felt That I'd Made Enough Movies And Said What I Had To Say At The Time.