"The minute you put handcuffs on artists because of stuff like that, it's not an art form anymore."

"I like it when somebody tells me a story, and I actually really feel that that's becoming like a lost art in American cinema."

"I never went to film school. I went to films."

"My movies are painfully personal but I'm never trying to let you know how personal they are it's my job to make it be personal and also to disguise that so only I or the people who know me know how pe…"

"I'm a big fan of strong female characters."