I think invariably when you are dealing with relationships, the films really center on that, and the plot is really born out of that. That’s the most core part of a relationship: intimacy, I think, whether it’s expressed or not. Lisa Cholodenko Read Quote
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. Lisa Cholodenko Read Quote
I had a great love affair in high school and let myself have that love affair and tried to keep it to myself. Lisa Cholodenko Read Quote
I’ve done episodic television and some other things that have been written by other people. Lisa Cholodenko Read Quote
I have enjoyed writing my own stuff, and it’s been a privilege to be able to scrap some money together to be able to make films from my own scripts. Lisa Cholodenko Read Quote
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. Lisa Cholodenko Read Quote
Everyone on the planet has a dark and a light. That’s a multi-dimensional character. Lisa Cholodenko Read Quote
If you write something that’s personal, there’s going to be elements of yourself in it. Lisa Cholodenko Read Quote
I was a student at SF State, and I honestly didn’t know where I was headed. I thought maybe something in the social sciences. But I happened to be living with a group of people, and one person was a film student. I was always keen on and aware of what she was doing. Lisa Cholodenko Read Quote
I think I’m interested in these kinds of character dramas, psychological dramas, domestic dramas, whatever you want to call them – comedy dramas. Lisa Cholodenko Read Quote
