My Brilliant Career was beautifully directed, but I had a bit of trouble with myself in it. It was a silly script, based on a book this 16-year-old girl wrote.

My Brilliant Career was beautifully directed, but I had a bit of trouble with myself in it. It was a silly script, based on a book this 16-year-old girl wrote.

I've never worked for the sake of working. There's probably enough crap out there for me not to add to it.

Most women seem to be required to pit themselves against men in dramatic situations, and the men got to pit themselves against ideas or God.

Lorna was quite young when her mother died, and I think she's blocked out some of the memories. I talked to her a little bit about that, but I wasn't prepared to go around and poke and hurt her.

This might be the first generation where kids are dying at a younger age than their parents and it's related primarily to the obesity problem.

A lot of really good directors have a killer in them, as if they'd do anything to get that image. But that comes with the terrain and I don't mind it.