The really important people in TV are not the directors; they're the writers.

There's absolutely no point in beating yourself up. Focus on going forward.

I really dislike it when women reject feminism; that's ridiculous. I am a product of feminism. Without feminism I would not be making films.

I just don't think I'm an ideological filmmaker in any way. I don't know how anyone could see anything I've done and see that.

I make unpopular versions of popular things. I make a horror film and it's not a horror film. None of my genre movies function as genre movies.

Punk rock, when I was a part of it, was called 'the underground.' There was something very attractive in all the hidden places, the hidden histories.

Mostly I'm just not American. I spent four years of my childhood here, but I think if you're Canadian you have a very different perspective. You don't think you're at the center of things.

One thing I'm not is a moralistic filmmaker. I'm not trying to tell people what to do, and I'm not trying to lead.

Movies are a commitment. They take years of your life and they have big consequences. That's one of the bad things about movies - you're stuck with the aftermath.

I'm not trying to make the world a better place.

Some actors can draw from their own darkness.

The history of men's opposition to women's emancipation is more interesting perhaps than the story of that emancipation itself.

When it comes to money nobody should give up anything.

I'd rather teach peace.

I see only a little, lady, but I know that your fortune is as twined with his as the ivy to the oak.

That's how it is sometimes--God comes to your window, all bright light and black wings, and you're just too tired to open it.

People in Japan have experienced many tsunamis and various earthquakes throughout the ages.

...even saying good-bye isn’t enough. There’s always one more thing you should have had the time to say, or do, or ask. There’s always going to be that one missing piece.

I would really love to work with Paul McCartney. Isn't that arrogant?

The greatest medicine is a true friend.

Don't we all just really try to fake it well?