I suppose I like to think of myself as a film-maker..

I can't change my gender, and I refuse to stop making movies..

I'm drawn to filmmaking that can transport me. Film can immerse you, put you there..

I always want to make films. I think of it as a great opportunity to comment on the world in which we live. Perhaps just because I just came off "The….

You never think the universe will reward your first choice - it just doesnt work like that..

Perhaps the only thing in my favor is that I am very tenacious. I don't take 'no' very well..

I don't know if I thrive in normal life..

One of the elements in the film that really fascinated me was not to look at the world in bi-polar terms of us vs them or east vs west, which was a b….

With each project, I'm going for something that makes viewers think, 'Wow, I've never seen a film like this before,' and later think, 'Wow, I've only….

Am I a 'woman of action'? I don't think of myself that way..

On the other hand, I believe there's hope, because the breakdown and the repair are happening simultaneously..

Those of us who work in the arts know that depiction is not endorsement. If it was, no artist would be able to paint inhumane practices, no author co….

I did a pilot for Anything But Love in 1988 that didn't sell..

There's a conventional reaction when you see a star: You anticipate he'll be a part of a particular denouement down the road, so you don't worry for ….

I don't believe in censorship in any form..

My movement from painting to film was a very conscious one..

I need to have my hands on the DNA of a film..

Cinema has the capacity to be so physiological..

I thrive on production. It feels very much like a natural environment for me..

I realised that there's a more muscular approach to film-making that I found very inspiring..

What's most galvanizing for me is the opportunity to be topical and relevant and entertaining. That's the holy grail..