- In the end, you must be true to yourself. You must be independent from the market. So if you construct plot-lines for a "European market", yes, in a way you limit your artistic liberty. I don't know what Vera Chytilová thought when she made Daisies (1966). She surely didn't think that she made her film for a specific audience, otherwise it wouldn't have been so good. [2011]
- [on producing] It's a very political job. I learned with the [Romanian] New Wave, Cãtãlin Mitulescu, Cristian Mungiu, all these people that produce their own films, that directors are the best producers. They know how to write a screenplay, they know how to make a casting, they know how to choose the best technical material. This is what makes a good producer, not only the financial part. [2011]
- The film world in Romania is quite male dominated. In France and Switzerland there are a lot more successful women directors. But this will surely change. In a few years there will be a bunch of great Romanian women directors. [2011]
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