I would have started writing a lot earlier if I hadn't been [Arthur Miller's daughter].

In a way, a lot of my work is in the re-writing once it is cast, as I adapt to the rhythms of how the roles are played out by the actors.

I've always been fascinated by the way that children and animals suffer stoically in a way that I don't think adults do.

I never had any desire to become a well-known actress.

I was 100 percent sure when I left university that I was going to be a painter.

In a way, after you're done directing there is a sense of amnesia that washes over you, you can't exactly remember how you did things. It's a zone, just like an athlete, when they can't remember what they did, but somehow got it done.

The script is the musical score, and everyone has to play off that score. Even I have to interpret it. The producers are there to eliminate obstacles to that interpretation.