“I care about the connection with the audience. Film is such a powerful medium. Movies can change the way people think.”

“I just love movies, so suddenly, you're political about movies, and that's dark. It's just not fun when something you love becomes calculated.”

“And the VCR did the same thing: the movie industry thought nobody would ever watch movies any more.”

“Movies are an expensive business.”

“The reason I started writing movies was because I kept getting parts that I just kind of stepped into. I didn't have to do a lot of work and I ended up getting sort of bored.”

“Making movies is just like betting on horses at the racetrack.”

“Film spectators are quiet vampires.”

“Everything I learned I learned from the movies.”

“It's simple: You get a part. You play a part. You play it well. You do your work and you go home. And what is wonderful about movies is that once they're done, they belong to the people. Once you make it, it's what they see. That's where my head is at.”

“Going to the movies was a big event in my youth. My father would be the initiator - he'd have me put on a jacket to see a film.”

“Somebody asked me about the current choice we're being given in the presidential election. I said, Well, it's like two of the scariest movies I can imagine.”

“I want to make all kinds of movies. I do want to make big movies that are a lot of fun to go to, but I also want to make movies that are going to stimulate some thought and maybe raise some awareness.”

“I really unfortunately don't have tons of hilarious Sundance stories, because really I am not the biggest fan of hanging out, but the reason why is because I never go see other people's movies and I think that's the way to do it.”

“I'm married to the theater but my mistress is the films.”

“Movies are a complicated collision of literature, theatre, music and all the visual arts.”

“Well, I haven't really been able to shoot in California for a while. Little movies yeah, but the big movies we can't shoot there. It's just a shame that Arnold Schwarzenegger can't deliver on this level.”

“I always wanted to make movies.”

“I have to say I regretted giving up animated movies.”

“The best movies are simple.”

“My agent said, 'You aren't good enough for movies.' I said, 'You're fired.'”

“I would love to do more movies, but the reality is women have many more opportunities on television to play a greater variety of characters.”