Before, it was just about making the films - and now it's releasing them. Which is a steep learning curve.

Broadway has always been a dream of mine.

Someone doesn't think immediately, "I want to be a lobbyist."

I don't want to be in my car all day. I love getting up in the morning in Venice and walking my dogs down to the café to get my tea, and then perhaps going to a bookstore and sitting and reading, then walking to the beach.

One comment by a female lobbyist really shocked me. She said, "Washington is a contact sport." I asked, "What do you mean by that?" And she just said, "Well, it's all men - and they're very contact-y. They touch a lot." Women say that's just part of the game.

I spent a lot of the last five years on a set, and every once in a while you take stock of your life and look at what you're doing.

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.