The world of superheroes is black and white; the world of monsters is not. Sometimes you need evil to fight evil.
Donna Langley
Directing is a rarefied business. And you see very few women pass that Rubicon.
I think that women are uniquely suited to the job of directing, and I've seen it firsthand.
As tastes shift around the globe and there are more roles for women, there are more women who can participate. Salaries will go up and be commensurate.
In my own experience, when we have an open directing assignment of any kind, not just the big films, I would say it is the exception, not the rule, that there is a woman in the group of directors that we are interviewing. I think that's from the pool being so small.
When I think back to my childhood, I just think of the word 'freedom.' In the summers, we spent all day on the beach.
We live in a big world. We are citizens of the world, and we make movies for everybody around the world. I think it's very important to understand what people's life experiences, good and bad, are.
The world is not such a large place, and we have more in common with one another than we might think.
Whatever the reason, we are not doing a good enough job getting to women early enough in their careers, supporting them, and enabling them to pursue careers in directing.
What I look for in a director is a strong point of view, a clear vision, and an ability to multitask and make decisions on the fly.
Before I moved to the Isle of Wight, I lived in the suburbs of London and saw 'Fantasia,' and it scared the living daylights out of me. And I didn't go back to the movies until many years later to see a Lasse Hallstrom film.
Real power is having the ability and the resources to tell an amazing story or to say 'yes' to a filmmaker and change not only the filmmaker's life but the world.
Our job is to make films that are inherently global and can really stand up to the audience litmus test of, 'Is it worth getting in my car, spending the money, and going to the theater?'
Hollywood is a reflection of a general climate that we live in.
Failure is a great learning tool.
