The advent of digitally enhancing images - and the fact that actresses weren't protesting against that - created an environment where big corporations felt like they had total ownership over the bodies of actresses.

I want people to think I'm sexy, but to know also that I've got an ordinary body and not feel intimidated.

If you read reviews that you think by their very nature are not respectful of the actresses involved or not appreciating the work as it should be, I think you should write to reviewers or comment and say, "Are you kidding me?"

I get grumpy about the innate conservatism of our tastes; I love bold theatre, and I get annoyed when a heritage piece is really successful.

I really like films and plays that cross over different genres. So I'd like to do something that you think is a drama and then you think is a supernatural thing and then becomes a drama again. That's very vague.

Normally, when youre working on something, there are other characters that you have alliances with, and you have unified goals with some characters.

You don't have to conform to a very specific aesthetic today, whereas 1950s women definitely had to.