Jamie Babbit Quotes

It's so hard to actually get the money to make your movie. When you actually have the chance to do it, you have to be absolutely ruthless in order to make the best movie you can make.

My advice to women directors is just to make the best work possible.

I gravitate towards dark comedy, because I'm a huge fan of dark comedy. I always think the most painful thing that you can laugh at is the best.

Whenever you're making a dark comedy, you're always looking for the yin and yang in an actor.

I'm probably one of the most co-dependent people around. That's why I made a movie about it, and I live it every day.

I think women directors have to be really tenacious.