It's quite a stark contrast between the candidates, in how they will change things for women. Hillary Clinton wants to appoint Supreme Court Justices who will protect Roe v Wade. [Donald] Trump wants to punish women for getting abortions and defund Planned Parenthood.

I tend to lean toward strong female stories. I want to make things that don't already exist out there.

As I look back on it, I'm glad that I had this false image. I was who everyone else - my parents, my friends, society - wanted me to be. I was a pleaser, someone who wanted to make everyone happy, to not let anyone down. Now, I'm not like that.

I campaigned for Hillary Clinton when she was in the primaries against [Barack] Obama, actually.

Your director is your everything and you devote yourself to them and you want to help create their vision.

I love being a mum, but it's much more intensive work than being an actress - going to work feels like you've got a day off. Not that I want a day off from being a mum; it's just perhaps I had this impression before that mums don't work. But they work more than anyone.

Awards are so unnecessary because I think we get so much out of our work just by doing it. The work is a reward in itself.