It's What Happens. You Love, Then You

Well, When Kathy Kennedy, Who Is The President Of Lucasfilm, Came To Me To Ask If I'd Be Interested In Working On This "star Wars" Movie, We Talked About A Young Woman At The Center Of The Story From The Outset. And It Was Something That Was Always An Important Part Of This Movie.

I Don't Try And Write Strong Female Characters Or Strong Male Characters, I Just Try And Write, Hopefully, Strong Characters And Sometimes They Happen To Be Female.

My Mother Is The Coolest, Most Amazing Person I Know.

I'd Like To Use Imax. The Problem With Imax Is That It's A Very Loud Camera. It's A Very Unreliable Camera. Only So Much Film Can Be In The Camera. You Can't Really Do Intimate Scenes With It.

Directing's The Best Part. Whenever I've Directed Something, There's This Feeling Of Demand And Focus That I Like. And Secondly, It Means That You've Gotten Through All The Writing Stuff, And The Producing Stuff, And Casting, And Prep, And All Those Stages That Are Seemingly Endless. So Directing Is Sort Of The Reward For All The Work You Put In Before. And Then There's The Editing, Which Is Another Amazing Stage Of The Process. It's Incredible The Moments You Can Create.