Top 38 Quotes by Lisa Cholodenko

Wendy and I both wanted kids, but since we were pushing 40, the clock was ticking.

I'm in my mid-40s now, and I came out in 11th grade, so I must have been 17. So that's quite a long time ago, and the temperature and the culture was different.

I think for any artist, your voice is always evolving. For me, the constant is finding a tension or balance between drama and comedy.

I feel like I've been observed as an individual more than a gay person, or as a filmmaker with a certain point of view rather than a lesbian filmmaker with a gay point of view.

I think when you're writing films that just come fresh out of your own imagination - I think probably anyone who's done that, there are certain themes or styles.

I feel like if you feel good about a script, and you feel confident about your ability to direct and just capture it right, it's all just, really, really in your favor there.

Great actors help. Every project is different. Sometimes it's completely open, and I've been able to cast who I've wanted. And then sometimes people want a certain kind of actor.

I was very influenced by the films of the '70s.

I had a great love affair in high school and let myself have that love affair and tried to keep it to myself.

If you write something that's personal, there's going to be elements of yourself in it.