“Really, I am entirely material driven. If a project appeals to me, I w...” — Alison Owen Quote

Really, I am entirely material driven. If a project appeals to me, I will try to find the right writer and director. And that may be someone I've worked with before, or it may not. It may be a woman, or it may not.

I was a little punk rocker and was pregnant with Sarah when I went to university. I had her in the Christmas holidays of the first term. It was 1979, and UCL was very proud of its reputation as a liberal university, so they were very helpful.

The greatest filmmakers are not the ones who put everything in; they're the ones who can figure things to leave out, and in doing so, invite your participation.

Well, who wouldn't want to work with Tom Hanks?

To make blatant racial appeals or just blatant appeals only targeted to the LGBTQ+ community, I didn't think that that was a winning formula, and it's also inconsistent with who I am.

I have never done a package tour in my life. It appeals in a way, but then I remind myself that you can't control the other people with you, which could turn out to be ghastly.

Of course, you have to think of the audience. You cannot make an obtuse film that only appeals to a small niche section of the audience.

My second clerkship was with Bruce Selya, who is on the First Circuit, and it was a court of appeals clerkship. I learned writing skills in a different way with him, the attention to detail, the way in which he would work with the law clerks in crafting opinions was really something that I had not seen up until that point.