Do a good job on a good film and you're on the map. Do a great job on a bad movie and not very many people will think of you.

At the beginning of my career, I shot a lot more documentaries because I liked the adventure, and probably also because it was easier, and still is easier, for women DPs to shoot documentary than it is to shoot fiction.

One of my first films was Zebrahead. I remember the producer asking me, Can you handle the big lights? And I thought, Do I want to be sarcastic, or do I want the job? So I said, I don't handle the big lights, I just tell big men where to put the big lights and they do it.

I think women have made progress in cinematography, contrary to women directors, who I think have regressed. There are many more women cinematographers than when I started.