"I don't care about political correctness. I care about telling a good story."

"I didn't start a family until late in life. I've been -- I've always kind of equated -- if you're doing movies on, you know, on the level that I've been doing, actually at the level I've been allowed …"

"When people ask me if I went to film school, I tell them, 'No, I went to movies.'"

"I'm a big fan of long takes. I think they're cinematic."

"I'm not a feminist. I'm a filmmaker."