There's just a deeper level of sophistication in the writing of female characters on TV.
I've done TV, but never where you're given this much time to live with a character, to study the tone and hone it and repair stuff, to go back and watch old episodes and go, "Oh no, that's a misstep. That's a victory. I should do more of that, less of that."
The experience of giving birth itself made me feel more womanly.
You dont have to be gay to be attracted to your friend.
My husband is my best friend; he knows my sensibilities.
I just wanted to make sure that yes, that those horror - they worked as a genre. To me, I just wanted to be touched by the film in the way that I saw plausible. Which is the story about compassion - giving and receiving it in those desperate times of need.