I Don't See That Anybody Needs To

When I Was Making Films [early In My Career] There Were Very, Very Few Female Directors, And There Were Certainly No Women On Set, Which Made Taking One's Clothes Off All The More Difficult.

When I Was Doing Shakespeare And I Had Spent A Lot Of Time And Effort In Trying To Become A Great Shakespearean Actress. That Was How I Started My Career, Was In The Theater Doing Shakespeare. And My Ambition Was To Be A Great Classical Actress. That Was What I Wanted More Than Anything. So, I Really Pursued That In The First Four Years Of My Career. And It Was An Uphill Struggle. It Really Was. Shakespeare's Difficult And Shakespeare In A Big Theater Is Even More Difficult. So, Anyway, It Was A Struggle For Me.

When I'm Choosing Projects To Be A Part Of It's Always A Combination Of So Many Different Things. The Primary Thing Is The Director. But A Very Important Element Is, Is It Different Enough From Anything Else I've Ever Done, Or What I've Last Done.

A Woman With Knowledge Is Something That Frightens The Status Quo Quite A Lot.

There Is That Awful Moment When You Realize That You're Falling In Love. That Should Be The Most Joyful Moment, And Actually It's Not. It's Always A Moment That's Full Of Fear Because You Know, As Night Follows Day, The Joy Is Going To Rapidly Be Followed By Some Pain Or Other. All The Angst Of A Relationship.