It Helps Me Chill Out And Focus.

I Think You Have To Be Ready To Switch Gears And Go With The Team As A Director, As Opposed To Superimposing Your Own Strict Idea Of The Story. There Are Very Few Directors That Can Micromanage And Still Come Out With Something That's Living And Breathing On A Page. Wes Anderson Is One Of Those.

I Am Optimistic. I Think That There Are A Lot Of Women Producing Things, Not Necessarily In The Studios. Actresses Are Putting Stuff Together. I Think There Are More Stories About Women Of Color [and] Older Women. But It Is Slim Pickings.

I Think Where You Get Into Trouble - For Instance The Mixing Of Sex And Violence - Is When You're Telling An Audience That This Horrible Thing Is Enjoyable. The Suffering Just Gets Out Of Hand Too Much. It Becomes Pornographic.

The Only Thing I Can Talk About Is Just Forgiving Yourself, Because I Do Not Have Everything Together. And So I Tell People: No, You Should See My House, It's A Mess.

At A Time When Everything Seems So Out Of Control And The People You've Elected Are Bogus And There's So Much Random Violence And Hatred, It Fills You With Such Hope And Admiration To Even Be Part For A Short Time In A Community Where People Have Connected To Strangers To Try To Put Out A Hand.