Women perform great in the box office. Audiences want to see lead female characters.

I'm used to working really hard to get a role. I was always auditioning and talking my way into roles.

It's tough, acting. You have to walk two lines of a tightrope. There's the all-consuming fear of failure: I'm about to fall flat on my face. There's that and there's also confidence - you have to be confident in order to try things - and they fight each other all the time.

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

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 want to be involved in a story that makes a difference.

Women perform great in the box office. Audiences want to see lead female characters.