I Don't Do What I Do To

I Began To Exercise A Lot Of Cinematic Muscle With The Precepts I Had Learned In The New York Art World. Film Was Intriguing. I Began To Think Of Art As Elitist, Whereas Film Was Not.

For Some Individuals - Some Soldiers, Some Contractors - Combat Provides A Kind Of Purpose And Meaning Beyond Which All Else Potentially Pales In Comparison.

It's Irrelevant Who Or What Directed A Movie; The Important Thing Is That You Either Respond To It Or You Don't.

I Have Always Firmly Believed That Every Director Should Be Judged Solely By Their Work, And Not By Their Work Based On Their Gender. Hollywood Is Supposedly A Community Of Forward Thinking And Progressive People Yet This Horrific Situation For Women Directors Persists. Gender Discrimination Stigmatizes Our Entire Industry. Change Is Essential. Gender Neutral Hiring Is Essential.

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.