I Don't Necessarily Need Hollywood.

When I Look At Female Characters, I Want To Recognize Myself In Them - My Trials, My Tribulations As A Mother, As A Wife, As A Lover, As A Daughter.

I’m Someone Who Can Sit In A Buddhist Temple, And I Can Sit With Pentecostals Or With Orthodox Jews, And I Still Feel Like I Am In Tune With All Of Them.

Honestly, I Think A Good Film Is Spiritual, Regardless Of Whether Its Subject Is Faith.

To Me Representing Clairvoyance, How Was I Going To Achieve That, How I Was Going To Capture That? For Me, It All Became About Her Gaze And The Way She Takes You In. It's A Rhythmic Thing And A Stillness Thing To Consider But These Are Little Details, Little Nuances. We Were Invited To The Sanctity Of Her Home And There Were Roosters Running Around And She's Screaming, "jackie, Be Quiet!" Even Though She's In The Middle Of The Thing. And These Are The Details That We Wanted To Incorporate Into Our Story.

The Fears And Anxieties And Obsessions Wrapped Up In Being A Parent.