Gillian Armstrong

Maybe women should leave time for themselves and their relationships and just have some fun. ”

Little Women' has interesting gender connotations. There are generations of women who love the book. But there are a lot of men who think it's sentimental, gooey stuff. ”

Sure, you always put some of your own experience into a film. ”

Cable television stations in America are now producing such smart, in-depth, non-formula, character-based dramas. Film has turned more and more into big action or cartoons. ”

When I was a young filmmaker starting out, I was really snobby about all the affirmative action for women filmmakers because I felt it should be about your talent, and I made a film that won awards, and people wanted me. ”

Boys are lacking in female skills, dropping out of schools and ending up in jails and unemployed because they lack these skills. ”

I was a young film student around the time of the new wave in film in the 1970s; old Hollywood was naff and over. For me, as a film student, I was going to see French and Italian cinema; American cinema was 'Easy Rider' and 'Taxi Driver.' Everything was gritty. ”

When I was 18 years old, I had never before seen Australian film on the big screen. ”

I do think the moral line you walk all the time about putting something in for the sake of the film and not being affected by people's lives is a very tough one. ”