I get asked why there aren't more female directors all the time. I'm kind of reluctant to talk about it. That's not because I think the question is irrelevant or stupid. It's just that there are so many mitigating factors. Lisa Cholodenko More Quotes by Lisa Cholodenko More Quotes From Lisa Cholodenko I just think self-satisfied people ignore certain signs about other people. Lisa Cholodenko just think ignore people There is a core value I wanted to illuminate: No matter what kind of family you have - straight, gay, married, single parent, separated, no kids, two kids, 20 kids, whatever - we all go through the human comedy. But if the bonds are strong enough, and the desire is there, you can get to the other side, still together and still a family. Lisa Cholodenko you family parent together There's a lot of technology out there to help people have children in different ways, and later in life, for better or worse. Lisa Cholodenko technology life children people Making the choice to cast someone in a lead role is a big one. You don't want to squander your opportunity. Lisa Cholodenko someone choice you opportunity This whole Oscar thing is so political. It's about how much a film grosses, and who's in it, and how well it has been promoted. Lisa Cholodenko well how film political I had a nutty career. I was living in New York. Then I got to an age where my friends and sister were having children, and I started to think I needed to orient myself towards a world where it could happen. Lisa Cholodenko myself age children world L.A. is conventional to a hyper-real degree. It's plastic. Lisa Cholodenko degree plastic conventional I think I'm interested in these kinds of character dramas, psychological dramas, domestic dramas, whatever you want to call them - comedy dramas. Lisa Cholodenko think you comedy character I think invariably when you are dealing with relationships, the films really center on that, and the plot is really born out of that. That's the most core part of a relationship: intimacy, I think, whether it's expressed or not. Lisa Cholodenko think you born relationship I'm in my mid-40s now, and I came out in 11th grade, so I must have been 17. So that's quite a long time ago, and the temperature and the culture was different. Lisa Cholodenko long-time time long culture I had a great love affair in high school and let myself have that love affair and tried to keep it to myself. Lisa Cholodenko great myself love school I've done episodic television and some other things that have been written by other people. Lisa Cholodenko things done people television I have enjoyed writing my own stuff, and it's been a privilege to be able to scrap some money together to be able to make films from my own scripts. Lisa Cholodenko my-own money together writing I feel like if you feel good about a script, and you feel confident about your ability to direct and just capture it right, it's all just, really, really in your favor there. Lisa Cholodenko feel good you feel-good Everyone on the planet has a dark and a light. That's a multi-dimensional character. Lisa Cholodenko everyone light dark character If you write something that's personal, there's going to be elements of yourself in it. Lisa Cholodenko yourself personal something you Not only does Annette Bening have a really lovely, deep voice, but she's also a great articulator. I think I'm more of a mumbler. Lisa Cholodenko deep great think voice I feel like I've been observed as an individual more than a gay person, or as a filmmaker with a certain point of view rather than a lesbian filmmaker with a gay point of view. Lisa Cholodenko person view feel gay I have a deal with HBO to develop television, and I am also developing a movie called 'The Abstinence Teacher,' which is based on a book by Tom Perrotta. Lisa Cholodenko i-am teacher book television I don't feel like my films are about gender; they are about identity - but a different slant on identity. Lisa Cholodenko feel like gender identity
