To Deny Women Directors, As

I Love It When Actors Come To You With A Problem And You Have To Listen. You'd Like Them To Just Get On With It, But It Often Means That There's A Problem With The Script.

I Took Four Years Off After 'in The Cut' Because I Wanted To See Who I'd Be Without Work. I Even Tried Being A Hermit In The Wilderness In New Zealand. I Stayed In A Warden's Hut Two-and-a-half Hours Off The Routeburn Track Through The Fjords On The South Island. It Was Early Winter, So There Was No Electricity Or Running Water.

I Think Women Don't Grow Up With The Harsh World Of Criticism That Men Grow Up With, We Are More Sensitively Treated, And When You First Experience The World Of Film-making You Have To Develop A Very Tough Skin.

Because There Is That Sort Of Feeling That People Don't Know What To Do With Gaps In Their Lives. It's A Scary Notion, But Actually, If You Can Stand In Space Just For A Little While, A New Door Will Open, Or You'll Be Able To See In The Dark After A While. You'll Adjust.

You Know, Sex Is Actually Not So Original As The Way People Love Or The Stories Behind Each Relationship, Which Is What You Remember. Sex Is Sex In The End.