You Can't Ignore The System

It Helps Being From Somewhere Other Than Hollywood, Not Having Grown Up With That Sense Of Film-making. I Really Wasn't Exposed To That As A Young Woman.

I'm Not Very Good With Stills. I Get All Twitchy.

I Like Working On Stage Because There's Something Very Immediate About It, That Interaction With An Audience Where You Immediately Hear Their Reaction, Or Feel Them, Whether They're With You.

If I Was Going To Make A Broad Generalisation, I'd Say That I Prefer The Company Of Women. People Know Now That I Live With Mike Figgis, But I Prefer Not To Talk About It. On One Level, Privacy Is Important, But On Another Level I Have No Desire To Deny Certain Things.

I Think Politics Can No Longer Be Assigned To Parliamentary Activity And It Probably Never Could Be. But Politics With A Small P And The History Of Trade Union Movement Really Interests Me.