True charity is spontaneous and finds its own occasion; it is never the offspring of importunity, nor of emulation.
I do have to say I have been very fortunate.
If there's specific resistance to women making movies, I just choose to ignore that as an obstacle for two reasons: I can't change my gender, and I refuse to stop making movies.
I'm drawn to filmmaking that can transport me. Film can immerse you, put you there.
Those of us who work in the arts know that depiction is not endorsement. If it was, no artist would be able to paint inhumane practices, no author could write about them, and no filmmaker could delve into the thorny subjects of our time.
If there's specific resistance to women making movies, I just choose to ignore that as an obstacle for two reasons: I can't change my gender, and I refuse to stop making movies. It's irrelevant who or what directed a movie, the important thing is that you either respond to it or you don't. There should be more women directing; I think there's just not the awareness that it's really possible. It is.
The journey for women, no matter what venue it is - politics, business, film - it's, it's a long journey.
There is a madness, yes, this is true. Few mortals possess it, the willingness to step away from the protection of sanity. To walk into the wild wood of madness. . .
We must pay for the wine we have drunk.
The one thing you don't want to be is a sucky clean comic. I hate sucky clean comics! It's like Christian rock, bro. I'd rather listen to gospel and Christian rock. That's cheating!
It is a basic tenet throughout the Scriptures that God rewards diligence, faithfulness, endurance, and steadfastness.