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For me, the most exciting thing is that Jane Campion is a woman we can all really look up to. She doesn't have the body of work that some other directors do - no woman director does - but her work is so consistently original, wonderful, masterful.

A big fear of working with an actor that's never been a lead in a film before is that you're going to have to work really hard to pull a performance out of her.

I love the Kathryn Bigelow example: she didn't just do war movies - she did them better than other directors.

Acting-wise, I haven't done a lot of comedy, so I would love to work with Jane Lynch. I think she's hilarious.

Directing, writing, producing and starring is just too tough.

Ten years ago, it was really difficult for a young actress to walk onto a set and disagree with the director and having that be OK and have a conversation about it and everyone be cool with it.

I'm not the kind of actress who asks a lot of questions of my directors unless it's something I really need to know.

Directing film is the hardest thing I have ever done.

Anna Magnani, Sophia Loren, Meryl Streep - I love actresses that are strong and fragile at the same time. They bring complexity to their roles.

You have to be talentedly insecure in order to be a good actress. And then it's the director's job to make you more miserable and get a good take.