There are so many young women in film school right now, and it's just about foreign sales companies, domestic sales companies agreeing to finance films directed by and starring women.

This business is based on numbers, and the numbers show that it's worth investing in female-driven and female-directed films.

Obviously, local elections are where you can make the most difference, but it's great when everyone starts talking about what they believe in.

I read so many things because a colleague or a friend will post something, and I'll be able to learn a tremendous amount only because they drew attention to it. So I try to do that for others, and that's the great thing about social media. It's not always a narcissistic cesspool or waste of time.

You realize when you're pregnant how lucky you are to have access to medical care.

The thing that's wonderful about social media is that we are able to give a voice to the voiceless and to help educate each other. I benefit from it as much as I provide those lessons.

It's not actually OK to just be apathetic about anything.

I went to a very progressive elementary school where I was heavily educated in civil rights. I remember learning about Harvey Milk when I was in sixth or seventh grade and being so inspired.

It never occurred to me that some people were seen as wrong or even different.

My parents were journalists and friends with writers, artists, and just a really interesting assortment of people, so I was exposed to all lifestyles from a young age.