I'm really fascinated by other directors' methods. I've done a lot of learning by observation.

If you can't see it, you can't be it. It's just having those brilliant women break out and do something - then other girls can say, 'I can do it, too!'

I'm drawn to female stories, of which there aren't that many, and particularly to stories now about older women. The things they have to confront and override is really fascinating. That's a whole untold part of our world.

I just think that you have to approach anything you do with a huge amount of integrity - I don't really care where it comes from, whether it's a children's piece or an adult piece.

My generation feels it has been lied to a great deal.

I've seen many shows ruined by bad reviews and good reviews, so I always tell my actors not to read the reviews until after the run is over.

I have always been fascinated by Indian history and architecture.

Once an object has been incorporated in a picture it accepts a new destiny.

There hasn't been any art yet. Art is just beginning.

There has been a change in attitude, though.

I have been drawn to stories that are attempting to turn suffering into beauty.

I'm a romantic. The impressionists have always been my favorites. I like prettiness - beauty, or what I perceive as beauty.