46 Quotes by Allison Anders

I'd be just as happy being a midwife. That's my ideal job.

For me, the most exciting thing is that Jane Campion is a woman we can all really look up to. She doesn't have the body of work that some other directors do - no woman director does - but her work is so consistently original, wonderful, masterful.

I think when I got drawn to film, I didn't know it was a business. I mean, like most filmmakers, I probably saw more films than a lot of people when I was a kid. But I watched them on TV as well. I was no purist about it. I spent lots of time in movie theaters, but I also watched a lot of films on TV.

I think that with the success of, like, VH1's 'Behind The Music' and stuff like that, the fact that it's so successful, it's clear that people are interested in rock lives.

My work is better, maybe all filmmakers are better, for Polanski's imprint on cinema. He created language for all of us to use, there is no question about that.

Trauma creates one of four types of people: victims, rescuers, or perps - and if you're really lucky and really strong and very willing and brave, survivors.

When 'Gas Food Lodging' was released, I had already shot 'Mi Vida Loca.'

While we can work hard at improving our health, size is no more in our control than the color of our skin, our ethnicity, or our sexual preference.

You end up giving up half your salary every time you make a movie because you need the money to make the movie you have in your head.