My criteria for doing a television series never changed. I wanted more stability, I wanted more of a sense of family, I wanted to do light comedy.

Am I a 'woman of action'? I don't think of myself that way.

Films don't cause violence, people do. Violence defines our existence. To shield oneself is more dangerous than trying to reflect it.

My movement from painting to film was a very conscious one.

War's dirty little secret is that some men love it. I'm trying to unpack why, to look at what it means to be a hero in the context of 21st-century combat.

I really look for peak experiences and dramatic material that can allow peak experiences.

Character and emotionality don't always have to be relegated to quieter, more simple constructs.