"I like a good story at a good diner over good coffee and a good idea and a whole day to think about it." "I think walking around reminding yourself that you're a woman is only going to get you in trouble. Women in film, the way they've been treated, certainly parts of it are a shame, but they took the paycheque, they played the roles, and if they don't want to do it anymore, we need to start saying no, and different roles will come up." (On her film "Boxing Helena"): "It's a metaphor and a comedy."