I have tender romantic associations with upstate New York.
We're all sick of holy wars and bloodshed because religion is supposed to...
I just hate one-dimensional portrayals of religion it's too cheap and easy to...
Someone once told me that religion is like a knife: You can stab someone with...
The Ukrainian community is tight-knit by nature.
Music is what our feelings sound like.
I for one am tired of seeing movies about men damaging each other.
There really are three types of 'religious' movies: the ones that make fun of...
I've played a lot of mothers in my movies.
Doubt is the middle position between knowledge and ignorance. It encompasses...
I think God gave us senses of humor and we should use them.
You earn very little money on independent films and I'm the provider for my...
I don't have a caustic sense of humor. What I find funny that humor comes...
I come from a massive family and the youngest is twentysomething years...
Honestly I think a good film is spiritual regardless of whether its subject...
It's a very different thing religion and faith. Religion is man-made it's...
I think that films about faith made for faith-based communities have a...
Faith is important to me.
Whether we call it religion or faith we all battle for a balanced integrated...
I grew up in a Ukrainian Catholic-turned-Christian household and that is my...
There's no wrong way to experience a film.
There are women who make things better there are women who change things...
Editing yourself is like an irksome coin toss. You've got to strip yourself...
I can't get my knickers in a twist about my age and ageing in an industry...
Unfortunately after Sept. 11 there was an outburst in America of intense suffering and patriotism and the Bush administration was very shrewd and effective in painting anyone who disagreed with the policies as unpatriotic or even traitorous.