When I Made My First

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 Part Of My Interest In Art Had To Do With His Yearning For Something He Could Never Have.

Whereas Painting Is A More Rarefied Art Form, With A Limited Audience, I Recognized Film As This Extraordinary Social Tool That Could Reach Tremendous Numbers Of People.

If There's Specific Resistance To Women Making Movies, I Just Choose To Ignore That As An Obstacle For Two Reasons: I Can't Change My Gender, And I Refuse To Stop Making Movies. It's Irrelevant Who Or What Directed A Movie, The Important Thing Is That You Either Respond To It Or You Don't. There Should Be More Women Directing; I Think There's Just Not The Awareness That It's Really Possible. It Is.

I Did A Pilot For Anything But Love In 1988 That Didn't Sell.

War's Dirty Little Secret Is That Some Men Love It. I'm Trying To Unpack Why, To Look At What It Means To Be A Hero In The Context Of 21st-century Combat.