I Can't Stand Outside Myself And Be

If There's Specific Resistance To Women Making Movies, I Just Choose To Ignore That As An Obstacle For Two Reasons: I Can't Change My Gender, And I Refuse To Stop Making Movies. It's Irrelevant Who Or What Directed A Movie, The Important Thing Is That You Either Respond To It Or You Don't. There Should Be More Women Directing; I Think There's Just Not The Awareness That It's Really Possible. It Is.

One Of The Elements In The Film That Really Fascinated Me Was Not To Look At The World In Bi-polar Terms Of Us Vs Them Or East Vs West, Which Was A By-product Of The Cold War.

Those Of Us Who Work In The Arts Know That Depiction Is Not Endorsement. If It Was, No Artist Would Be Able To Paint Inhumane Practices, No Author Could Write About Them, And No Filmmaker Could Delve Into The Thorny Subjects Of Our Time.

Whereas Painting Is A More Rarefied Art Form, With A Limited Audience, I Recognized Film As This Extraordinary Social Tool That Could Reach Tremendous Numbers Of People.

War's Dirty Little Secret Is That Some Men Love It.