I Grew Up Loving Horses. I Was

I Can Tell You That, You Know, When I Went To My First Movie Premiere, It Was My Own Movie, And I Wore The Best Jeans I Had And My Favorite Top. You Know, I Made Sure My Hair Had Some Wave In It Because I Braided It The Night Before Myself.

I Think A Lot Of The Time, The Studio System Is So Compelled To Kowtow To Its Fear That Women Are Not Going To Be Found Sympathetic. It Just Sort Of Euthanizes Any Hope Of More Diverse Examples Of The Emotional Realities Of People. Representing My Gender, I Think, "well, I Have Those Emotions, Why Don't Those Ever Get Brought To The Screen So I Can Feel Recognized?"

I've Always Had This Unresolved Desire To Prove That I Could Get A Ph.d., Or Contribute Something Else To The World.

Catholics Have Guilt And Jews Have Guilt, Fine. But Mothers Can Trump Them All.

Every Film Is Its Own Experience, Its Own Planet, Its Own Family. It Seems Infinite When You're Working On It, And Then It's Suddenly Very Finite, And It's Done.