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I am drawn to intimate, often uncomfortable portraits of a woman persevering and awakening.
I grew up in a Ukrainian Catholic-turned-Christian household, and that is my family's faith.
When you're breastfeeding a child, you don't have the same retention as you do when you're not.
No role is more challenging, rewarding and inspiring than my real-life role as a mom and a wife.
I have the best husband a wife could possibly have. He's the best father my children could have.
The different tempos and yeah, it's cadence. It's the way she moves through space, it's gestures.
I didn't grow up watching film but as a Ukrainian-American, music and stories and dance are crucial.
I bet you could look at every single thing I've ever done and reduce it to that parenting schematic.
I don't have a caustic sense of humor. What I find funny, that humor comes from a much gentler place.
I'm hooked on Polanski's films, his psychological thrillers. I love 'Rosemary's Baby,' I love 'Repulsion.'
When you encounter sophistication in the creation of a female character, you thank the writers and you claim it.
I can't get my knickers in a twist about my age and ageing in an industry that caters to the ids of 14-year-olds.
Someone once told me that religion is like a knife: You can stab someone with it, or you can slice bread with it.
Doubt is the middle position between knowledge and ignorance. It encompasses cynicism but also genuine questioning.
I cannot even imagine college. I'm white-knuckling it just letting my son go to kindergarten for eight hours a day.
You know what's more difficult to do organically? Laughing. It's actually one of the hardest things to do on camera.
I come from a massive family, and the youngest is twentysomething years younger than I am, so I grew up with children.
I cherish each director that I have. I want to be maneuvered out of my comfort zones. I don't have the time to prepare.
Whether youre making a million dollar film or a $100 million film there is never enough money, theres never enough time.
Whether you're making a million dollar film or a $100 million film there is never enough money, there's never enough time.
I was a Ukrainian folk dancer in my teens, and I toured the country in 1991, shortly before the break-up of the Soviet Union.
I'm pretty squeaky clean. No big tragedies in my childhood or adolescence or adulthood. I've had a very easygoing, simple life.
I just can't feel lukewarm about a character. I either despise her, admire her, or don't understand her and want to understand her.
It's a delicate thing for me, with how involved I am in social media and being a part of people's lives in a way that they want me to.
It's thematic in my career, if you look at most of my choices. It is some level of exploration of maternal angst and maternal heroism.
When I look at female characters, I want to recognize myself in them: my trials, my tribulations as a mother, as a lover, as a daughter.
I think all religions can agree on certain definitions of God and concepts of God, like God being the god of love, the great 'I am' energy.
The depth of exploration of the male psyche and the female psyche is uneven. I see further, deeper renderings of what it means to be a man.
I just hate one-dimensional portrayals of religion; it's too cheap and easy to do, and ignores the nuances that go into having a belief system.
We are all seekers in some way. There are those of us who think they have all the answers and there are those of us who may never get an answer.
When I look at female characters, I want to recognize myself in them - my trials, my tribulations as a mother, as a wife, as a lover, as a daughter.
Sometimes music helps. If I feel that it's bogus, I'll literally just call myself out on camera and say that it's dishonest. You do whatever it takes.
I’m someone who can sit in a Buddhist temple, and I can sit with Pentecostals or with Orthodox Jews, and I still feel like I am in tune with all of them.
My father instilled in me - of utmost importance and innate in me is the yearning to determine for myself - to define God, to define holiness for myself.
Partying has never been my thing. I've been around some wild people. I've been in the same room and watched them experiment, and that's been entertaining.
I'm saying that the depth of exploration of the male psyche and the female psyche is uneven. I see further, deeper renderings of what it means to be a man.
There really are three types of religious movies: the ones that make fun of it, the ones that vilify it and the ones that literally preach to the converted.
The more people know about you, the more face-time you get in the media, the harder your job becomes to create a character in whom people suspend disbelief.
I hate being manipulated by song. Don't tell me what I should be feeling. I don't want cellos or violins to be telling me that I should be bawling right now.
There really are three types of 'religious' movies: the ones that make fun of it, the ones that vilify it and the ones that literally preach to the converted.
The biggest research of all when I do a character is self-examination. You look at yourself and you ask, 'How am I similar to this person and how am I different?'
I do love directing. I'm only comfortable working in the independent film arena for a very small budget where I have creative control and I can put my stamp on it.
I have a lot of frustration with religion, organized religion, because it's man-made, because it's man-regulated. And it has nothing to do with my relationship with God.
There are women who make things better, there are women who change things, there are women who make things happen, who make a difference. I want to be one of those women.
There are some times when I think acting can be a noble profession. And when those rare roles come along, like Down to the Bone, you have the opportunity to be of service.
There are some times when I think acting can be a noble profession. And when those rare roles come along, like 'Down to the Bone,' you have the opportunity to be of service.
It's a very different thing, religion and faith. Religion is man-made, it's man-regulated. And faith, you can define God as you wish. But I think they're two different things.
Do I observe holy days and holidays? Yeah, the ritual is very important to me. It's part of being Ukrainian Catholic. So every holy day we're baking pierogis and not eating meat.
The limelight is a tricky place, because you can't believe what's going on around you. You stop observing. You stop perceiving. You stop extending yourself, and you become isolated.
You earn very little money on independent films and I'm the provider for my home, so I do have to think of taking one for the accountant time and again and that means studio pictures.