AIDS is a global problem and there should be a global solution found by the entire international community. It is really scary to see and imagine our….

I think it's a universal thing in every family, that people have their own specific versions of pivotal events or even small memories..

The ways in which people are damaged are the ways in which they're strong. It's what makes people interesting - what they've overcome and how, and wh….

In fact, there's an entire universe out there that's pretty much indifferent to struggles that big, no matter how serious they've been in your life..

I feel like we want women to be simpler, less complex, so we project a lot of versions of simplicity onto them to fit that..

It's not that I don't want to become famous or that I'm obsessed by my work as an actress, but it's all about not limiting myself, such as putting my….

It's been really important to me to create moments where there's a breath or moments where there's a laugh or moments where there's real life that's ….

It's amazing how the world does actually go on in the middle of things that should stop it for us..

All of my short films are about marriages, and I think that this probably comes from some kind of unconscious fascination with my parents' story and ….

Acting is something that I've done since I was so young. I always felt - certainly as a teenager - really cynical about acting. I definitely didn't f….

Some of the funniest moments I've ever experienced have been in the midst of tragic situations in my life..

Film and TV is a very hard profession to enter into if you don't have the ability to take a long period of time without making money so you can write….

Being a human being is all about experiencing all of the wonders of the world and therefore as an actress, I'm open to any opportunity that may enric….

I want my world to get bigger and not end up in a small corner..

I think that I get different kinds of joy out of directing a film and acting, and it's sort of necessary to just be doing one and focusing on that. I….

I feel like I've always had two selves - the part of me that makes films and the part of me that's political, and they haven't really connected that ….

We're still at a point where women [directors] aren't allowed to be mad visionaries. We have to prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that we're responsib….

I just feel like it's so amazing every few years when I'm not making a film to act and basically go back to film school and just watch other filmmake….

I still feel that a movie has to attempt to say something - even if it fails miserably. But I've sort of given up on believing that I'm going to chan….

So I decided to make a film about our need to tell stories, to own our stories, to understand them, and to have them heard..

I think that cynicism can often be mistaken for wisdom..