Americans are more likely to watch a film in their own language. For the rest of the world, it doesn't matter so much.
If your film is in English, it makes it that much easier to get a wide release.
To get a movie star, you have to give them two hours of screen time.
I love the Kathryn Bigelow example she didn't just do war movies - she did them better than other directors.
I am grateful that I'm working, but I also have to say I've worked really, really hard and had to fight a lot.
I have worked steadily since I started, but things are very hard for women and need to change.
Chile's mines are very dangerous; the country has a lot of earthquakes.
There are a lot of female directors in documentary, very talented. But it's always lower budget.
It's a very tricky relationship, the cinematographer and the director as a woman.
I love getting people's opinion of what I'm doing.
I wish I had seen some women directing before - that would have given me the idea of who I was.
I went to New York City to Columbia University, and with the first directing exercise, I knew I was a director.
