"I pick and choose when I want to be in spotlight, which is only connected to..."
"I pick and choose when I want to be in spotlight, which is only connected to my work and when I need to use the media."
"We want a story that starts out with an earthquake and works its way up to a climax."
"I can stay up until the sun's up, no problem, but I do not like getting up in the morning."
"I love Carpenter, I love Craven - these are all the classics - the Romeros of the world, but I think the biggest influence on me as a storyteller and as a filmmaker is actually Steven Spielberg. I love that even though Steven isn't known for being a horror director, he started out his career making scary movies."
"People say that the Beavis voice doesn't sound like me or some other voices. Butt-Head I think sounds like me."
"I'm a big believer in the transformative, exponential power of art, like a reverse pyramid scheme."
"My kids are nothing like I remember black kids being when I was a kid."
"I never did video dating."
"Brock Lesnar is a fascinating human being."
"I love hand-drawn animation, but I have to say I have fallen in love with CG animation. What you can do in terms of visuals is pretty stunning, and I think if I did go back and do a hand-drawn animation, I would want to make sure that, from a stylistic standpoint, it would be as beautiful as 'Hunchback of Notre Dame' at least!"
"And whenever you're struggling, it's so important to have a cheerleader who's there for you and can remind you of the great things you've done. Because sometimes you just can't remember them yourself."
"It might sound odd, but I want to thank Michael Bay because he's been saying how important it is to show 3D with the right luminescence. And that's very important for this film, a lot of which was shot at night or with very low illumination."
"'Paranormal Activity' was a unique project in that I made it basically on my own, with a little help, and I had no exposure to the filmmaking world when I made it."
"Often, films about people with disabilities are from the outside looking in."
"My brother is a scientist. He's a professor at MIT. He brought science fiction into my world."
"I love what I do. I'm passionate about what I do. I live for what I do. And every morning, I can't wait to stop sleeping and to jump up and get out of bed and start doing what I do."
"I wish that I was one of those kids who grew up saying I always wanted to be an astronaut and was really good at science and math. But that wasn't really the case. I always liked it, but I never believed I was one of the smart kids."
"'A Different World,' for me, was in a lot of ways responsible for me going to college. I wanted to go to a black college, and I wanted to get out of Los Angeles. It's just a natural part of all of our journeys, that idea of leaving home."
"Sometimes, when you are one of only a couple of girls in an engineering class, you feel like you are representing women in general. That is a large burden to bear."
"What I realized is that it doesn't matter how big or small your film is. The actual filmmaking process, the actual storytelling, it's still the same thing. It's still all about creating characters that you like and creating moments that get you excited or get you tense."
"Definitely, it's a fear of failure that drives me."
"I want to see that 'Anita' documentary. I want to see 'Lovelace'; I want to see 'After Midnight,' because I saw the other two and I loved them. I thought the last one was great."
"I never made up any investor. I never made up Paul Abrams."
"Learning to live with the given is the great humbling educational process of life."
"President Trump's agenda is enticing businesses to hire in North Carolina."
