Lisa Cholodenko Quotes

Lisa Cholodenko

Profession : Director

Birth : June 5, 1964

I had pretty cool parents. Still do.

Lisa Cholodenko

The source of so much of my anxiety in life and the tensions in my relationship is my anxiety about my kid. It's all very abstract and unfounded and ungrounded.

Lisa Cholodenko

In June 2002, I had just finished 'Laurel Canyon' and decided to move back to Los Angeles after nearly a decade in New York. Post-9/11 New York felt different.

Lisa Cholodenko

Wendy and I both wanted kids, but since we were pushing 40, the clock was ticking.

Lisa Cholodenko

In May 2006, I had our son, Calder. I spent the next couple of years learning how to be a mom.

Lisa Cholodenko

There is a core value I wanted to illuminate: No matter what kind of family you have - straight, gay, married, single parent, separated, no kids, two kids, 20 kids, whatever - we all go through the human comedy. But if the bonds are strong enough, and the desire is there, you can get to the other side, still together and still a family.

Lisa Cholodenko

I tend not to be so attracted to films that force me into an intellectual place over an emotional one.

Lisa Cholodenko

Boundaries get blurry and identities can get lost easily. It's easy to take your partner for granted.

Lisa Cholodenko

I was very influenced by the films of the '70s.

Lisa Cholodenko

I think when you're writing films that just come fresh out of your own imagination - I think probably anyone who's done that, there are certain themes or styles.

Lisa Cholodenko

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

I got exposed to art-house cinema and foreign films. I was from L.A., so it was a film culture that I didn't know about.

Lisa Cholodenko

Great actors help. Every project is different. Sometimes it's completely open, and I've been able to cast who I've wanted. And then sometimes people want a certain kind of actor.

Lisa Cholodenko

I think for any artist, your voice is always evolving. For me, the constant is finding a tension or balance between drama and comedy.

Lisa Cholodenko

At the base of it, my gut instinct tells me that there's a kind of fundamental misogyny in the culture. There just is. You know, there's just a weird anxiety around women.

Lisa Cholodenko

I just think self-satisfied people ignore certain signs about other people.

Lisa Cholodenko

Along my path, I've realized that this comedy/drama balance is something that's really interesting to me, and I feel, like, authentic to my voice.

Lisa Cholodenko