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There is one confrontation scene toward the end of the picture. In the middle of the scene, I thought, That's Sean Connery! I don't know how else to describe Sean Connery. I still feel that way.

People who are good at film have a relationship with the camera.

With Connery, he does act. He is in complete command. He completely trusts the person first, then the instrument. I've worked with his son also, on a picture in Russia.

Some people are directors and I think they should stay behind the camera.

You don't want to be the guy whose back's to the camera in the emotional part of the movie. So, you have to be aware of the camera movement and what the camera's doing.

Once you get into your stride, the camera becomes like another person in the room. It's like being in a very small theatre where there is no getting away with anything because the audience is centimetres away from you.

I think that women are underrepresented behind the camera as directors.

There's a belonging problem in Hollywood. Who dictates who belongs? The very body who dictates that looks all one way.

I've always viewed myself as a behind-the-scenes person rather than in front of the camera.

It doesn't matter if they're in front of the camera or behind the camera. I know women who are producers who are surviving on nothing but juice and almonds.