“It's been really important to me to create moments where there's a breath or moments where there's a laugh or moments where there's real life that's allowed to seep in through the cracks of whatever melodrama is happening, because that's what does happen in life.” DoeImportantRealMomentsHappensLaughingHappeningsBreathsReal LifeCracksMelodrama Author:Sarah Polley
“Some of the funniest moments I've ever experienced have been in the midst of tragic situations in my life.” Has BeensMomentsSituationTragicMidst Author:Sarah Polley
“I've always known that I've wanted to write, but I always saw myself doing that in the context of something other than film, so it was a really beautiful and kind of perfect moment in my life when I realized that I could combine this idea of wanting to write and tell my own stories with the environment I had grown up in and knew well - that I could make film as opposed to writing being a departure from what I knew.” WritingWellsKindIdeasMomentsStoriesWantedBeautifulFilmMy OwnPerfectKnownEnvironmentSawsI RealizedDepartureReally BeautifulPerfect Moments Author:Sarah Polley
“I'm a control freak and I like to be overprepared, and I'm overly organized and I'm not in the moment a lot of the time.” MomentsOrganizedFreakControl Freak Author:Sarah Polley
“I feel like I've always had two selves - the part of me that makes films and the part of me that's political, and they haven't really connected that much. Alias Grace talks about things like class and immigration and women's rights, which felt really good. But especially now, there are pressing things to be said. It's a really scary time in the world. It's a very scary thing to have an American president who openly brags about assaulting women and is openly racist. This isn't a moment to be speaking in metaphors.” WorldMomentsFilmPoliticalPresidentGraceMetaphorScaryImmigrationRacistBragAmerican PresidentReally Scary Author:Sarah Polley
