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Allison Anders quotes: I was a single mom.

I was a single mom.

Allison Anders quotes: I'd be just as happy being a midwife. That's my ideal job.

I'd be just as happy being a midwife. That's my ideal job.

Allison Anders quotes: When you're traumatized, you pick out one thing you remember more than anything else.

When you're traumatized, you pick out one thing you remember more than anything else.

Allison Anders quotes: There's never been a 'girl wonder' mythology.

There's never been a 'girl wonder' mythology.

Allison Anders quotes: You end up giving up half your salary every time you make a movie because you need the money to make the movie you have in your head.

You end up giving up half your salary every time you make a movie because you need the money to make the movie you have in your head.

Allison Anders quotes: I don't believe you ever get closure on anything. Things leave a permanent mark on you.

I don't believe you ever get closure on anything. Things leave a permanent mark on you.

Allison Anders quotes: I've been amazed watching people who are not ready with their scripts when they're getting a lot of attention.

I've been amazed watching people who are not ready with their scripts when they're getting a lot of attention.

Allison Anders quotes: Sundance is the only hand that feeds for women directors.

Sundance is the only hand that feeds for women directors.

Allison Anders quotes: Unless it's something very clever like 'Memento,' most independent films have a very tough life out there.

Unless it's something very clever like 'Memento,' most independent films have a very tough life out there.

Allison Anders quotes: The first thing I did for TV was a pilot for CBS.

The first thing I did for TV was a pilot for CBS.

Allison Anders quotes: Because I'm one of five people in Los Angeles who doesn't drive, I walk a lot.

Because I'm one of five people in Los Angeles who doesn't drive, I walk a lot.

Allison Anders quotes: I've worked on movies where there's all these people coming and going, and I don't even know who they are.

I've worked on movies where there's all these people coming and going, and I don't even know who they are.

Allison Anders quotes: Let's face it - no matter how independent you are, you still have this nagging need to be desired.

Let's face it - no matter how independent you are, you still have this nagging need to be desired.

Allison Anders quotes: Art should never be held above our decency to each other.

Art should never be held above our decency to each other.

Allison Anders quotes: In the early '90s when the American independent movie started, it held personal vision as a premium. That was brilliant timing.

In the early '90s when the American independent movie started, it held personal vision as a premium. That was brilliant timing.

Allison Anders quotes: I was a big fan of X. I've probably seen 100 X shows during their time in the late '70s and early '80s.

I was a big fan of X. I've probably seen 100 X shows during their time in the late '70s and early '80s.

Allison Anders quotes: There's a persona that musicians carry with them. I like to find what's under the persona.

There's a persona that musicians carry with them. I like to find what's under the persona.

Allison Anders quotes: Before, I just don't think we knew how much music was out there; now with MySpace, it's really opened it up. Filmmakers have so much more choice.

Before, I just don't think we knew how much music was out there; now with MySpace, it's really opened it up. Filmmakers have so much more choice.

Allison Anders quotes: The women I cast have to embody all sorts of contradictions ... I have to find the right woman to speak to other women.

The women I cast have to embody all sorts of contradictions ... I have to find the right woman to speak to other women.

Allison Anders quotes: I love showing off my tattoos.

I love showing off my tattoos.

Allison Anders quotes: While we can work hard at improving our health, size is no more in our control than the color of our skin, our ethnicity, or our sexual preference.

While we can work hard at improving our health, size is no more in our control than the color of our skin, our ethnicity, or our sexual preference.

Allison Anders quotes: This practice of skinny actresses donning fat suits is essentially the new and acceptable blackface in Hollywood.

This practice of skinny actresses donning fat suits is essentially the new and acceptable blackface in Hollywood.

Allison Anders quotes: When 'Gas Food Lodging' was released, I had already shot 'Mi Vida Loca.'

When 'Gas Food Lodging' was released, I had already shot 'Mi Vida Loca.'

Allison Anders quotes: When I wanted to become a filmmaker, there was nobody for me to look up to.

When I wanted to become a filmmaker, there was nobody for me to look up to.

Allison Anders quotes: Maybe women sometimes wish that a man would come along and buy them.

Maybe women sometimes wish that a man would come along and buy them.

Allison Anders quotes: Movies can tell us about our place, or lack of place, in our culture.

Movies can tell us about our place, or lack of place, in our culture.

Allison Anders quotes: Do we have to be rail thin to possess 'outer beauty' and sex appeal and to be capable of attracting lovers?

Do we have to be rail thin to possess 'outer beauty' and sex appeal and to be capable of attracting lovers?

Allison Anders quotes: Because I came from the working class, I still identify with them. I don't identify with the middle class.

Because I came from the working class, I still identify with them. I don't identify with the middle class.