I think acting can be very frustrating, and there's no experience that doesn't make you a better actor..

When I was 22, I thought I couldn't wear heels because of my height..

A floor length backless black sequined dress would be my dream dress. As for my dream date - that would have to be a young Marlon Brando!.

I've never been desperate to please my father..

One aspect of my mum's personality that has influenced me is her love of Hollywood and the golden era of black-and-white films..

I would say that maybe directors who act as well are easier with actors. I'm not saying that all directors have this, but sometimes you'll come acros….

I try and avoid thinking of strategy and I tend to stick to my gun of doing things that I like and try to avoid things that I "should" be doing, and ….

My mum's American. She's from Detroit..

Twin Peaks' is my favorite American TV show..

I was the kid that grew up watching Bette Davis films..

I'm very nerdy about my music, and I like interrogating people about what they put on playlists..

If you choose to do both [acting and directing] on a set, than you're admitting that you understand that everyone is in it for the same goal and it's….

Sometimes you can incubate a character and that can take me a month just sitting on it imagining it, doing everything from sketching it to taking lon….

When we are aligned, everything can flow, and life and yoga becomes effortless..

I quite enjoy cooking but I'm not consistent. I can't follow the recipe book. If something goes well, I'll never make it again, which is completely s….

I was a really pretentious teenager..

I'm not consciously avoiding doing a lot of period drama, but I don't really seek it out either..

You either are a good director or you're not..

It sounds trite, but I like telling stories..

As I'm sure anyone who's born after the '70s' access point is - is '70s films and '70s culture and there is a kind of a paranoiac atmosphere in that ….

Feminism is something I think about more when I watch the film, Christine, rather than when I was actually doing it, to be honest with you. But I do ….