And I realized that directing actors is really important because that's what ends up on screen.

You have to learn the rules to be able to know how to break them.

Empathy is the main thing, putting yourself in somebody else's shoes and trying not to judge.

Be happy in your body. It's the only one you've got, so you might as well like it.

Isn't everything we do in life a way to be loved a little more?

My experience is that relationships can be difficult, hard work. I love to be in a relationship.

I love the acting process. What I don't like is what's around it. The auditions and being rejected every other day. The look thing. That you have to lose weight, that you have to do Botox.

I can't really explain the feeling of acting. It makes you the most insecure you can possibly be.

I like doing sequels. Basically, I think it's a fun thing to follow characters in time. In real time.

Usually I'm able to imagine something and it comes out as I imagined, more or less.

I've directed five films and I've proven that people have made money with my films - many people have made money with my films.

I've proven that I'm not a complete failure. Every film has done well. It's like, "So, okay, when do I get my deal at Warner Bros?

I've had this opportunity to get some of my financing out of Europe, which has helped tremendously, so I'm not completely dependent on the studio system or on U.S. financing.

I want to be positive and say: everything I've written will get made eventually.

I put my films together in Europe and it kick-starts the financing when I'm attached as an actress. It makes it easier to move forward.

People around you that you feel you're close to, are they really wishing you good things, you know?

I'm quite neurotic, usually. But when it comes to work, I become extremely focused.

The truth is I don't see a lot of movies. I see the Oscar films. I see the films that are sent to me and a few films throughout the year.

To make what you have in your head, I think that's what directing is.