Obviously I don't have a crystal ball, but there's a threat that this tensely balanced society we live in will erupt at any moment, so I chose to respond to that as opposed to showing an implausible environment.

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.

The technology shown in Strange Days is an extrapolation of feeding that hunger.

It's irrelevant who or what directed a movie, the important thing is that you either respond to it or you don't.

Strange Days is a fictional film, so there was liberty to create a canvas that acknowledges a real flash-point society.

Our film examines the heroism, courage and prowess of the Soviet submarine force in ways never seen before.

I respond to movies that get in your face, that have the ability to be provocative or challenge you, that take some risks.

When James Cameron brought me the script, which I developed with both Cameron and Jay Cocks, I wanted to make it a thriller, an action film, but with a conscience, and I found that it had elements of social realism.

There should be more women directing; I think there's just not the awareness that it's really possible.