I Had Told My Agents That I

I Remember Very Distinctly Being So Tall I Didn't Fit Sleeves, So I Ended Up Modeling Lingerie And Bathing Suits, Sleeveless Stuff, Basically. I Didn't Have A Good Body, But I Believed I Knew How To Stand Or Pose To Mask It.

Behind The Cameras, There's A Different Problem, Which I Think Is Not Unconscious Gender Bias. It's Probably Categorized More As Conscious Gender Bias. Because Everybody's Known The Numbers For Decades. Nobody's Stunned To Hear There Are Very Few Female Directors, Only 4 Or 7 Percent. Everybody Knows, But It Doesn't Change Anything. It Doesn't Make People Say, "wow! We Should Change That." Nothing Happens. It's Utterly Stagnant.

When I Got Pregnant, I Told [susan Sarandon ]. She Said, "all Right. I'm Gonna Tell You The Thing To Do When You're Giving Birth: Push Like You're Trying To Win A Prize, Like You Want To Be The Best Patient He's Ever Had. He's Going To Give You A Prize For Winning That." So I Did. [the Doctor] Said, "you Are Probably The Best Pusher I've Had As A Patient."

I Just Love All The Details About Movies, And It's Fun To Be Involved In Everything. I Just Love It. It's Just A Little Added Fun Thing To Be Consulted About Stuff.

We All Know The Huge Problem There Is With Entertainment In General Leaving Out Women. Especially As Actors, We Know There Are Fewer Great Parts For Women.