Problems reconciling mom and the wife are difficult in the best of times.

I think classes can be the most fun. And if you want to make it a social thing and you want to go with friends, then that's the way to do it.

I feel that we live in an age where everyone's trying to reduce, and soundbite, and cut it down to140 characters, and that's not what life is.

I think the thing about Anne Boleyn is there is an exotic quality to her. This is a woman who wasn’t raised in the English court. She was in the French court and Hapsburg court. She has a continental exotic quality to her. She’s quite a fiery woman and incredibly intelligent. So I think Anne really stood out – fire and intelligence and boldness – in comparison to the English roses that were flopping around court, she would’ve stood out. And Henry noticed that.

I just want to play real human beings. You know, I don't care if they're male or female.

I started writing it, because it was seven years ago. But yes, that is the genesis of why I started writing.

Women need to have access to counseling services in the way that American or British women can have if something really bad or upsetting happens to them.