I can only do something that my sister or my daughter, if I have one, could watch and feel positive about.

We live in a society where children are expected to become adults overnight.

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

I realise there's an innate paradox in promoting oneself on the one hand and saying, 'Oh, I don't want to be famous,' on the other.

Our conception of 1950s underwear is a lovely vintage aesthetic, but actually, wearing stockings with no elastic and a girdle was heavy duty.

I've worked with actors who tell everyone what to do in the scene - that makes me go pretty atomic.

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.