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I Have Always Been Really Picky About The Films That I Make, Because I Think That There's Such An Incredible Opportunity To Bring Up Questions When You're Making Movies, And Some Of My Favorite Films Bring Up Big Questions. They Are Movies That, When You Walk Away From It, It Hits You As Something Deeper, And It's A Great, Fun Way To Be Able To Bounce Around Some Of These Harder Concepts In Our Heads.

I Feel Like It's Too Easy To Just Say, "we'll Just Change The Name Of This Male Character To A Female, But Have Her Do All The Same Things That A Male Does." I Don't Believe In That. I Think There's Something Else. I Think There's More To Women Than That.

Lately, I've Been Getting Too Much Attention With The Met Gala And Work Going So Well That I Try To Find Rejection In My Day. I'll Seek Out Someone On The Street Or At The Farmers' Market And Ask For Something Where I Know They'll Say No. No One Likes Rejection, But It's Real. And I Don't Want To Lose That Feeling.

I Had A Tough Time Fitting In, As I Guess Most Kids Do. I Felt Like School Was Kind Of A Grand Opportunity To Figure Yourself Out And To Figure Out What You Wanted.

I Was Home-schooled, Was Always Very Close With My Mom And Was Very Straight-laced And Square. I Was Never The Rebellious One, And I Never Threw Hissy Fits.