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In TV, film, and music there's a lot of snobbery, and I don't like it. I've never been a cultural snob.

I grew up on Mel Brooks films. That was film to me until I got a little bit older and realised there were other kinds of movies.

'Be Cool' was a defining movie for me.

When I was a young filmmaker starting out, I was really snobby about all the affirmative action for women filmmakers because I felt it should be about your talent, and I made a film that won awards, and people wanted me.

I think people respect my work, but I was never in one of those movies that made me a star.

The most fun I ever had on a movie was working with Albert Brooks. He's the caviar of comedy. I mean, nobody's funnier; nobody is smarter than Albert Brooks.

I'm not a snob... there's room for entertainment that reaches a lot of people and can be really good, but you don't just have to be one kind of actor.

I would love to do a movie with Albert Brooks; we're so different, but I find him so funny, and I can be just as seemingly narcissistic as he comes off, the 'it's all about me' kind of thing.

My low-budget films, more than anything, taught me that you've got to create cool, likable characters and great stories because, if you don't, it doesn't matter how cool it might look - no one is going to care about it.

And if people come up and say they like the movies you're in, it's a great compliment.