Motherhood so often comes in conflict with women's capacity to express and live their own lives.

I have a very strong, probably slightly aggressive personality, and so that just ends up coming out regardless of what I try to do.

I think if I was ever really going to be more serious about writing I'd have to try and find some way to do it with other people. I do find the silence kind of eerie.

I think I was quite lucky in that I went to an all-girls school. I was never put in an environment where I had to be the other - the woman as opposed to the man - all the way through my education. I was never made to feel that way at home.

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 would argue that something dark is lurking between the sexes, and that it is seeping out into cinema.

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