As women, we have more of a tendency to be people-pleasers, and I know a lot of women who are not vocal about what makes them happy.
I feel a responsibility to continue creating complex roles for black women, especially young black women.
And I think women have come a very, very long way, but they have a long way to go.
Wild at Heart made a few people angry-they thought I was exploiting women by showing that when a woman says no she really means yes.
That's the mistake women make - you shouldn't see your makeup. We don't want to look like we've made an effort.
I've never been one to have to manipulate women. I always want it to be like a mutual thing, like everybody loves everybody.
Women's bodies are used to sell anything and everything because it works, it grabs people's attention, and advertisers aren't going to stop using something that works.
I'd been around women who put me down, made me feel bad, or said things to fuel my insecurity.
As I've always said, 'I'm a lover, not a fighter.' I'm much better with women than I am being tough in a bar!
A l lot of films I've done are essentially about women who are finding their voice, women who don't know themselves well.
I've always looked to other women for inspiration and kicks. When a woman stands up and does her thing, it never ceases to excite and inspire me.
Women have a lot of... attitudes enforced in us about our sense of attractiveness being bound up in long, flowing, Hollywood kind of hair.
They'll say, 'Oh, he's sexy,' but women still go for guys who are 6ft 2 ins. I don't believe any of it for a minute.
If I could play football, I'd play football. But not women's football - real football. Or I'd just date a quarterback.
People are thrown off by someone who looks feminine, but is also strong. It's not that pretty girls aren't smart, it's that women aren't strong.
Television is a real woman's medium... but what's disturbing is, still even in television, women have so little to do with what's going on behind the scenes.
Female ambition is such a complicated thing to play because it is an aggressive quality, and people respond very badly to women exhibiting any kind of aggression.
I get quite disappointed that we're still telling stories that I think are problematic in terms of what they're saying about women.
There's a side of me that dislikes feminism. I think we surrendered something and women were unable to reveal any kind of vulnerability.
I never set out to be a role model for large women, I just do what I feel is right.
Editing is a natural extension of the collage making. It's actually one of the few areas that women were able to excel in in the film industry from the beginning.
