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I so find Harold Pinter and David Mamet's writing to be exciting, and obviously there aren't that many female - at least with Mamet, there aren't that many good female roles. But I always thought it would be interesting to play one of the guy roles.

You've never seen anything until you've seen David Mamet be an Edwardian lady. He always conveys what he means, but he's so... masculine.

I think male roles are generally much better written. So for actresses, we're always dealing with trying to inject a role with more truth than the writer possibly had in mind.

There aren't enough good roles for strong women. I wish we had more female writers. Most of the female characters you see in films today are the 'poor heartbroken girl.'

I loved being in the room with Mamet as a director - he is the most generous, funny, delightful person to work for every day.

There are a lot of women screenwriters, but they are obviously outnumbered by men. And it still is a very much male-dominated industry.

James Patterson has a way with female characters. He understands women in a way that a lot of male writers don't.

Most mainstream male fiction is littered with heroines, and female characters are basically so great, you want to fall in love with them.

For an actor, a Mamet play is definitely on the list of things you hope to be a part of before it's time to exit.

Women's roles in the movies remain, for the most part, girlfriends, mothers, wives.