Something you discover as a writer is that actresses who are successful are incredibly smart. For some reason, there's this myth that if you're a beautiful actress, you're not bright, you're a puppet. But it's completely the opposite. These are people with a finely tuned sense of story, and who are also strong and articulate. You have to be, to… — Liz W. Garcia Copy Share
I'm never trying to make a statement about morality ever. If there's a statement to be made, it's "People are complicated. They… — Liz W. Garcia Copy Share Image
When you are trying to get a shot, you can't be pleasing everybody. And I tend to be sort of collaborative and… — Liz W. Garcia Copy Share Image
I think that there is just a deep and abiding sexism that's part of your life from the moment that you're conscious as a… — Liz W. Garcia Copy Share Image
A male director doesn't come to situations the same way that a female director would. — Liz W. Garcia Copy Share Image
I'm a civilized person who obeys the law and is pretty easy to get along with, but I'm more complicated than that. I use my work as a way to get all that other stuff out and experiment with feelings and ideas, and the forbidden. That's just part of my process, I think, to identify something forbidden. That's what lures… — Liz W. Garcia Copy Share
Something you discover as a writer is that actresses who are successful are incredibly smart. For some reason, there's this myth that if you're a beautiful actress, you're not bright, you're a puppet. But it's completely the opposite. These are people with a finely tuned sense of story, and who are also strong and articulate. You have to be, to… — Liz W. Garcia Copy Share
The camera is your way to see what you want to see - it's an extension of the director's fantasy. I'm executing my personal… — Liz W. Garcia Copy Share Image
Having kids is a full-time job. And I don't know any woman who isn't constantly fighting between the exquisite selfishness required to be an… — Liz W. Garcia Copy Share Image
Sexism is real and it persists in film and television. I've seen female directors openly undermined by male cinematographers in front of the entire… — Liz W. Garcia Copy Share Image
I'm never trying to make a statement about morality ever. If there's a statement to be made, it's "People are complicated. They do things… — Liz W. Garcia Copy Share Image
In documentary, which is the only thing I'm really very familiar with, women are very easily relegated into a producer role. — Liz W. Garcia Copy Share Image
One is that I'm really interested in movies about sex and lust, because I think those are primal, carnal instincts that translate well to… — Liz W. Garcia Copy Share Image
I just feel like the world is our oyster. I grew up knowing that my mother is a journalist and was one of the… — Liz W. Garcia Copy Share Image
I think it's hard for everyone to find their way as an adult and to match up their expectations from their youth to what… — Liz W. Garcia Copy Share Image
