My Roots Are Still In

I've Never Felt Stigmatized In My Profession, Nor Have I Allowed Myself To. I Don't Feel Either Male Or Female, I Feel I Am Just Me, And I Should Be Able To Do Whatever I Like.

It's The Idea That When You Say 'actress', People Think Of An Airy, Floaty, No-brain Person, Which Of Course You Can't Be If You Are An Actor. It Is An Unfortunate Word, Which Is Why, For A Time, I Hung On To 'actor', Because It Just Seemed More Workmanlike, You Know, Like You Say 'woman Doctor' Not 'doctoress'.

The Writing Is The Springboard For Your Intuitive Stuff And Then You See, Maybe A Colour Of What You Want To Achieve. Then You Bring In The Technique You've Learnt. But When You're On Film, You're Not Always In Control Of That. That's What Makes Me Believe In A Kind Of Collective Unconscious, A Sort Of Experience You Draw On.

In My Industry, Everybody Wants To Know Everything About You, And Its Just Dumb. I Think The Only Way Of Maintaining Some Of That Mystique Is By Not Giving Away Too Much About Yourself. It Has Served Me Well So Far. I Never Want To Feel Up For Grabs.

If You Only Took On Roles That Had The Same Qualities, Then I Suppose It Might Make A Critic Feel Better, If He Can See Some Kind Of Bedrock. Perhaps That's The Old Definition Of A Star, Someone Who's Always Going To Come Up With The Same Goods. But It Intimates Limitation To Me And I Don't Want To Think Of The Job Like That.