Quote:
"I had no idea, until [I started writing and directing short films], how little respect I had been shown as an actor. Now there were no assistant directors trying to cajole me into sitting on their laps, no groups of men standing around to assess how I looked in a particular piece of clothing. I could decide what I felt was important to say, how to film a woman, without her sexuality being a central focus without context."
-- Sarah Polley

Source:
Polley, Sarah. "The men you meet making movies." New York Times, October 14, 2017.