People talk about the golden age of Hollywood because of how women were lit then. You could be Joan Crawford and Bette Davis and work well into your 50s, because you were lit and made into a goddess. Now, with everything being sort of gritty, women have this sense of their use-by date.

Working with Martin Scorsese was an absolute minute-by-minute education without him ever being grandiose about it.

To record something on your iPhone to be watched later, that's like the opposite of theater. The joy of being there is experiencing it with other people. It doesn't translate onto your phone. It's about being present.

People love events - they love performances, they love music - and I think Australians are great entertainers.

When you're onstage, you're acutely aware of the reaction of a particular group of people, because it's like a wave.

You can't be trying to make a film that pleases all people, you know, so it's not a concern of mine.

I don't tell the truth, I tell what ought to be the truth.