My father instilled in me - of utmost importance and innate in me is the yearning to determine for myself - to define God, to define holiness for myself.

I cherish each director that I have. I want to be maneuvered out of my comfort zones. I don't have the time to prepare.

I, for one, am tired of seeing movies about men damaging each other.

In these times, in this harsh, rude, warring world that we live in, where most of the bloodshed is 'My god is greater than your god,' and we're fighting in the name of our god, we have to find a way to peaceably coexist, spiritually.

It's such a measure of your solidarity with Ed, that when you would give lectures, he would be wearing a tartan tie that matched. And I demanded that outfit, I thought it was so punk - her long skirt, she looked like a Scottish queen, so regal.

There's just a deeper level of sophistication in the writing of female characters on TV.

I can't get my knickers in a twist about my age and ageing in an industry that caters to the ids of 14-year-olds.