Films about women and their concerns are seen as frivolous, limited and, most damaging of all, niche.

I cheated at the Model United Nations when I was 13 and had to get up and apologise in front of the whole conference.

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.

Women don't question themselves when they enter into a story that has male characters, but men do question the validity of a female narrative.

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.

I feel that it's important to fail now and again. For instance, if I go for a job and I don't get it, that makes me not a better person, but more balanced, more aware of what life is really like.

I get quite disappointed that we're still telling stories that I think are problematic in terms of what they're saying about women.