It's funny to be discovered by a lot of people who didn't know you before. People always used to say 'Do you shop at Home Depot?' or 'Does your kid go to such and such school?' They want to know why they know me even if they don't know my name. I don't think that's a bad thing by the way I think it's nice to be kind of anonymously famous.
I had the experience last year of directing my first feature while I had a 1-year-old son and while I was also pregnant so I am now well aware of the difficulties women who are rearing children face when they're also trying to make headway in mainstream of film.
There's a weird cloud around you when you're recognizable. It was a brief...
People have always wanted to be recognized and that's human nature. But...
Ah reality TV: where opportunists delight in exposing opportunism! It's kind...
I don't know why but I've always been a sucker for roller coasters in movies.
I'm not an especially highbrow person but I have always loved small quirky...
People don't have these tidy little redemption arcs in reality the way they...
I do not quote my own movies. I think I would be pretty insufferable if I did.
I hear that 5 o'clock whistle in my mind like Fred Flintstone and I have to...
I just go about my life. I'm a mom I drive an SUV I go to the grocery store...
It's possible that I've matured as a writer and I hope I've matured...
It evolved from my experience in the fifties growing up during the McCarthy...
I feel responsible that everyone has a really wonderful experience and to do...
Acting is not a mystery. There's nothing that I know that other actors don't...
Many children are natural fantasists I think perhaps because their...
I got pregnant at 40 by surprise. It's funny because when we found out we...
At our best it's a good experience but we do 22 episodes a year so there...
I'm always hoping for the nights that are inspired where you almost have an...
I am very happy since when I am in different cities I can experience and...
Well you know the definition of second marriage is the triumph of hope over...
The most important training though is to experience life as a writer...