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

I have always been interested in gender politics, so I'm not that keen on doing things that don't represent a truth about women.

My alter egos have changed a lot over the years. When I was a child, I was a black horse called Storm. Whinnying and jumping over bamboo poles in the garden took up pretty much my entire childhood.

When you talk to women who were working as print journalists or in broadcasting in the '50s, and then you talk to women who were working in the late '60s, there's an enormous difference. There had already been a huge transition. Then, of course, you get well into the '70s and there were women with children working.

I love '30 Rock.' Absolutely love it. It's a game-changing show.

If you're going to make great art, you have to make it at a huge cost - you have to be prepared to sacrifice what other people think of you, other people's opinions, and you have to make personal sacrifices.

If you are an actress in L.A., on your 40th birthday they should just hand you the keys to the lunatic asylum.