Joss Whedon is a hero of mine, and what he's done for women in film and television, particularly when it comes to writing female roles that would typically go to a man, is awesome.

While 'The Help' is in so many ways a celebration of these women's friendships and what they overcome, it's also very truthful and very painful, and it was intense for my mom to read that.

Directing 'When You Find Me' was one of the most creatively rewarding endeavors of my career.

Actors are always nervous about not only hurting each other, but maybe perhaps hitting each other's face and ending one's career.

I mean, '8½' to me is such a great dissertation on the whole, you know, act of filmmaking and creativity."

I was a painter before I was a writer, so I was always a visual artist. And my writing, to me, was always visual.

I think a lot of times we think of music as being different from other art forms. You would never ask a sculptor or painter, 'Go paint this because you'll get paid more,' you know what I mean?

Outrageous behavior, also known as the lunatic fringe, is the seed bed of innovation and creativity.