That's one thing I find about having children - it does unlock a door that separates you from other women who've had children.

At best, I think of a director as a magnet. You get all the metal fillings in all the individual actors and crew, and get those filings moving toward your magnetic direction.

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

I think it's very important to keep being frightened - if you're not frightening yourself, you should take a break. You need to keep experimenting. You also need to take time - that's how you do good stuff - layering and depth of knowledge.

Every work coming from the creator is about getting the demons out, and each character in those stories had a different personal crisis to get through.

I was always very curious about other people. I would always stare and my mother would say - just please close your mouth!

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.