I Always Try To Preserve

My Films Do Have Characters Who Have Trouble Escaping The World Around Them.

[depp] Has Real Ambitions, But He Is Deeply Afraid Of Being Considered Pretentious.

I Love Involving Actors At All Levels - And They Have To Know That I Want To Hear Their Contributions, With Dialogue, With Story Suggestions, With Script Changes, Whatever.

Its Just, For Me, The Natural Standard: A Woman Should Be Able To Decide Over Her Own Body.

I Discovered The 7th Art At Home When I Was Kid, Through Charlie Chaplin's Movies And Those Of My Father Who Shot Documentaries. He Was My Biggest Influence. So I Took His Camera And Started Shooting.