I’m very shy, I feel very awkward.

I've spent my life being embarrassed.

We need more points of view from women and we need more support for female directors and writers in the industry.

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.

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

I don't want people to look at me.

Most of the women I spoke to were pushing agendas that they felt connected to - more so than with the male lobbyists I met with.