Sometimes your body language is enough for an actor to know that you're not happy. And you don't really need to say it out loud if you deal with actors you know very well. And I don't think you really need to be explicit.

I think directors can become overly infatuated by gilt and gold, and the word "lavish" and everything being magnificent.

The more uncompromisingly specific you are the more you end up touching the bigger universal truths.

I think we all have blocks between us and the best version of ourselves, whether it's shyness, insecurity, anxiety, whether it's a physical block, and the story of a person overcoming that block to their best self. It's truly inspiring because I think all of us are engaged in that every day.

I mean, we've all had those dreams where, you know, we try to cry out and our voice won't come.

Trans stories have now entered the mainstream in this fantastic way, but the most important thing is what follows from that is hopefully a shift in the experience of trans people - so that there's more acceptance in the culture to the issues they face and more support.

I have a yearning someday to do one of these huge juggernauts.