Every time an actress is celebrated for her great work, I cheer. For the more brilliant their performance, the more the audience demands stories about women... And as we all know: a great year for women in film, is just a great year for film.

I was excited that my films would finally see the light of day and people would see them. But I never imagined that such nice things would be said about a lot of my films.

Robin Williams was the kind of generous person who would do things but not want to receive public credit for it.

It's easier to do an action scene than a love scene. I love fighting. When the camera's not rolling, I'll usually punch some of the actors, just for fun.

It's okay to be ambitious, it's okay to be over-prepared.

I love being around great actors and film-makers, and I try to hide the fact that I'm in awe of them.

I take great responsibility in any character that I play.