Occupation: Film Director Birth: November 27, 1951
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….
I can't change my gender, and I refuse to stop making movies..
I'm definitely not drawn to shooting on a stage, I'm just not..
I do have to say I have been very fortunate..
Cinema has the capacity to be so physiological..
My criteria for doing a television series never changed. I wanted more stability, I wanted more of a sense of family, I wanted to do light comedy..
I'm drawn to filmmaking that can transport me. Film can immerse you, put you there..
For some individuals - some soldiers, some contractors - combat provides a kind of purpose and meaning beyond which all else potentially pales in com….
Am I a 'woman of action'? I don't think of myself that way..
I don't believe in censorship in any form..
I really look for peak experiences and dramatic material that can allow peak experiences..
Our film examines the heroism, courage and prowess of the Soviet submarine force in ways never seen before..
My dad used to draw these great cartoon figures. His dream was being a cartoonist, but he never achieved it, and it kind of broke my heart. I think p….
I thrive on production. It feels very much like a natural environment for me..
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….
I have always firmly believed that every director should be judged solely by their work, and not by their work based on their gender. Hollywood is su….
There will come a time when the world will look back to modern vivisection in the name of science, as they do now to burning at the stake in the name….
My movement from painting to film was a very conscious one..
I'm interested in social commentary..
I don't know if I thrive in normal life..
I don't do what I do to try and break a glass ceiling..