 I don't believe in censorship in any form. |
| Something becomes personal when it deviates from the norm. |
| One should make morals judgements for oneself. |
| Right now, there's the illusion of order and civilization, but there's a tremendous amount of economic tension in this country and the educational system is constantly eroding. |
| There should be more women directing; I think there's just not the awareness that it's really possible. |
| Character and emotionality don't always have to be relegated to quieter, more simple constructs. |
| When James Cameron brought me the script, which I developed with both Cameron and Jay Cocks, I wanted to make it a thriller, an action film, but with a conscience, and I found that it had elements of social realism. |
| When I made my first film, I didn't think of it as directing, so it wasn't like I set out to become a director. |
| 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. |
| The urge to purge the material I come up with is, I guess, an ongoing process. |
| I don't want to be made pacified or made comfortable. I like stuff that gets your adrenaline going. |
| 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. |
| On the other hand, I believe there's hope, because the breakdown and the repair are happening simultaneously. |
| I did a pilot for Anything But Love in 1988 that didn't sell. |
| I think violence in a cinematic context can be, if handled in a certain way, very seductive. |
| When he brought it to me four years ago, Rodney King had just arrived, I was involved in the clean-up of L.A. and I guess it was part of my experience. |
| You never think the universe will reward your first choice - it just doesn't work like that. |
| Our film examines the heroism, courage and prowess of the Soviet submarine force in ways never seen before. |
| The Communist regime didn't consider this to be a shining moment in history and assigned no heroism to it. They classified it as merely an accident. |
| My movement from painting to film was a very conscious one. |
