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.

I'm of the opinion that it's okay to be silent, to not speak if you don't have anything to say.

When you're directing something, you absolutely have to be involved in all layers of the process.

There's a lot of anti-Semitism, and it's not just against the Jewish.

I've got a funny old face. Someone described it once, and I think they were being kind, as character. But I know what they mean! I've never been that conventional. I suppose maybe it means that my face can look different in different lights, so I just try and sort of keep it simple when I'm going out, to still look like me.

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

The lack of racial diversity and gender diversity and the lack of female directors - those are not fashionable issues. And they're not issues that reside solely within the film industry.