I Have No Maternal Instinct Whatsoever. Motherhood

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.

Nothing Is Quite So Emotional And Passionate As What Goes On Inside Of A Family. People Are Driven To Distraction By A Father Or A Mother Or A Husband. Or A Child.

Two Phrases I Hate In Reference To Female Characters Are 'strong' And 'feisty.' They Really Annoy Me. It's The Most Condescending Thing. You Say That About A Three-year-old. It Infantilises Women.

What You Want Is A Comfortable Environment That You Feel You Can Invent In. Because Film Is Such A Lumbering, Technical, Huge, Great Neanderthal Thing, It's Hard To Create That Little Space Of Peace, And Calm, And Creativity, And Ease. That's What You Want The Director To Create For You, So That When You Walk On The Set, You Forget All Of That, And The Fact That It's Costing Gazillions Of Dollars A Second.

I Love Photography, And I Love The Art Of Photography.