I just don't see myself as the heroine in my own narrative.

Every director works differently.

I discovered early on that some performers live their life in order to act, so all their relationships are simply an experience that they can feed back into their work. Which I find vampiric.

I'm not sitting on a soapbox telling women what they should and shouldn't do, but I know what works for me.

I'm one of those strange beasts who really likes a corset.

I'm partial to a nice cup of vodka. I normally just drink it really simple with a little bit of lemon.

Maybe this is my morality coming in again but it was important to me that the actor [ in Notes On A Scandal] was above the age of consent. Although really, what's the difference between 15 and 16? It's the law, yeah, but he's very mature.