She continued “He spent the next year after that, until he was 20, working on various drafts of the script, and it was ready to go. And I said, ‘Do you think that I could maybe direct it?’ Because I felt so close to the material at that point, and I also did feel ready, and I’m just not someone who does anything by half. I knew that I couldn’t step into that role unless I felt emotionally brave enough, strong enough, prepared enough, technically aware, enough of what it was going to take. And I did it in the 50th year of my life, and I could not be prouder. Having spent so many years advocating for women getting into male-dominated spaces in this industry, I thought, ‘You know what? If I don’t do this now, maybe I never will, and if I don’t do it, how am I actively contributing to changing the culture?’ For that reason alone, if I never direct again, I did it.”
