I played a lot of moms. You're always too young when you're playing moms. My first kid when I started playing moms was about six months old. And then….

It's often women who are writing leading roles for women. Most of the stuff that comes my way is not actually about women. I'm just asked to be a sup….

I certainly enjoyed having my sister, because when she came I felt a certain responsibility to help her fit in, and help her learn English. I wanted ….

Why do we insist women are cast 10 years younger than the role they're playing? Men don't know what a 30-year-old is supposed to look like because on….

I have this idea of myself as this quiet, observant, thoughtful child, which my parents roundly contradict. They claim that I was loud and bossy and ….

I'm a middle child, and I'm pretty diplomatic: the peace-maker..

What's great about good writing is that it feels like life, so it's not hard to relate to her circumstances..

I'm a big reader, so I tend to already know the books when they're adapted into something..