Postwar Europe was morally stagnant, and there was a lot of neo-conservatism.

I think it took a long time for me to realise that as much as I respect reviews and do engage with reviewers as a viewer of the theatre, television and film it's really unhelpful. Even if people make perceptive and interesting comments about your performance, it is so subjective and you will come in and change what you do, you can't help it.

I don't really want to do things that I feel like are going to send out a message that I don't really want to sign up for.

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

I love science fiction. I read a lot of science fiction.

I don't really want to play parts that I think are not fully developed or fleshed out, especially with female roles.

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.