There's that old adage about how there's only seven plots in the world and Shakespeare's done them all before.

One of the best things about folklore and fairy tales is that the best fantasy is what you find right around the corner, in this world. That's where the old stuff came from.

I have a great respect for the academics who are working with the source material. My hat's off to them.

What I find interesting about folklore is the dialogue it gives us with storytellers from centuries past.

When I was younger, I was in love with everything about the British Isles, from British folklore to Celtic music. That was always where my passions were as a young girl, and so I studied folklore as a college student in England and Ireland.

Filmmaking can be a fine art.