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The great thing about women directors is that they're not only involved in the performances - they can gauge where we all are personally and know how to direct us better because of that.

We definitely have to support other female directors because there's not enough of us.

There are days when I think the National Endowment for the Arts should issue a quota system for the production of plays by women - especially when you realize women buy 70 percent of all theater tickets.

So many roles for women demand that you make the audience fall in love with you or sympathise with you.

To anyone in the position to hire women directors: Make the commitment.

There seems to be a theme running through the women I play. They take their circumstances and try to make the best of them.

I just don't think there's a lot of support for the woman's voice in cinema, and it becomes really difficult to raise that money and start again every time.

When we say there's a dearth of women directors, it's not that there's a lack of women who direct: it's a lack of opportunities and access for women to direct and be supported in that.

Lately, I've been in meetings regarding a new script idea I have. A studio executive asked me to change the female lead to a male, because... 'Women don't go to movies.' Really?

There is this idea that you have to play heroines or women who succeed.